DISASTER RESEARCH 332

1. NFIP Seeks Comments on Desktop Flood Rating System


2. Seeking Information on SEMS Relationship to FRP


3. Some Questions on Disaster Recovery Among Institutions of Higher Education


4. Some Questions on Hazard Mitigation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific


5. New Web Resources from the Hazards Center 6) N


6. New Web Resources from the Rest of the World


7. An Invitation from FEMA for Nominations of Exemplary Practices


8. An Invitation to Join a New Discussion List on Emergency Public Information


9. IBHS Unveils New Home Building Program to Promote Safe Living and Disaster Survival


10. IIASA Offers Postdoctoral Opportunities


11. ASFPM/FEMA Offer Graduate Fellowship


12. ASFPM Offers Presentation on Floodplain Management


13. A Recently Awarded Grant (Downunder)


14. The EIIP Virtual Forum Schedule for November


15. Conferences and Training

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NFIP Seeks Comments on Desktop Flood Rating System

FEMA will hold a forum on December 13, 2000, in Washington, D.C., for parties interested in the development of a desktop rating system. The purpose of the meeting is to exchange ideas on the best strategy to achieve FEMA's goals for such a system and to discuss alternatives. The government is seeking input from industry, other government agencies, and academia. All interested parties are invited.

FIA must receive comments no later than November 13, 2000, if they are to be incorporated into the materials to be presented at the forum. Persons seeking additional information or wanting to participate in the forum should contact Edward Pasterick, FEMA/FIA; e-mail: edward.pasterick@fema.gov; (202) 646-3443.

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Seeking Information on SEMS Relationship to FRP

Steve Charvat
Marasco Newton Group, Ltd.
2425 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 292-5816
Fax: (703) 292-5937
E-mail: scharvat@marasconewton.com
WWW: http://www.marasconewton.com

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Some Questions on Disaster Recovery Among Institutions of Higher Education

Brigham Young University is a leading undergraduate university that has made a major commitment to being prepared for future emergencies and potential disasters. We have developed a comprehensive emergency management program based upon the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. We feel very good about what we have done in the first three phases, but have been struggling with a few considerations regarding recovery.

I would like to pose eleven questions we have been discussing to see if other institutions have addressed any of the same considerations. I would appreciate any response.

Thank you,
Kerry R. Baum
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Brigham Young University
101 TOMH
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 378-8142
Fax: (801) 378-5977
E-mail: kerry_baum@byu.edu

1. Has your university administration considered continuing classes under any circumstances, as did California State University, Northridge (CSUN) following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake? Would your sponsoring organization (state, church, foundation, etc.) commit the resources required to undertake as massive a recovery effort as CSUN in order to keep classes in session? What level of damage would affect the decision to continue or delay classes?
2. If considerable time were required to restore campus facilities, would it be feasible to continue to house students in your dorms and/or with the local community? How would the loss of dormitory space affect this decision? How long would you expect students to remain in the vicinity when classes were not in session?
3. Sending students home will have repercussions for the local economy, not to mention that of faculty and staff. What issues and considerations does your institution feel must be addressed before making this decision?
4. Has your institution clarified the legal issues of sending students home or closing the university? For example: Is there a significant legal commitment on the part of a university once a student has paid tuition? Would your university refund paid tuition? Would the decision be the same if the disaster occurred during the first week of classes as during the week before finals? Have you identified a point in the academic term that would change the decision?
5. Assuming the sponsoring organization would be willing to commit the resources necessary to rebuild, when would your institution start laying the groundwork for rebuilding and recovery? If your institution determined that you will remain open under all foreseeable circumstances, have you considered an arrangement with a recovery specialist firm to assist after a disaster? Have you considered such an arrangement even if your determination is to wait to evaluate the exact affects of a disaster?
6. When a disastrous event occurs requiring students in residence halls to be consolidated into smaller spaces (share rooms), have you identified and considered the legal ramifications of having to share spaces already paid for? Would you provide partial refunds? How would the refunds be handled? Have you even considered this option at your institution?
7. If the disaster causes the loss of housing space, will the university be obligated to refund monies already paid for these rooms? If so, how will the refunds be handled?
8. How would your institution negotiate with off-campus landlords for refunds to occupants if their apartments were declared uninhabitable for any significant period of time? Would your institution even get involved with negotiations between students and landlords?
9. Has your institution developed any procedures for verifying that refunds (for either housing, tuition, or other fees) would be due a specific individual and for actually processing refund checks without computer support?
10. Have you considered how disastrous events would affect already scheduled and pre-paid events such as: plays, concerts, etc.; athletic events; dinners and/or other events scheduled at the institution? Have you considered having to refund monies already received? If so how would refunds be handled?
11. Are there other questions we should be asking, but are not?

If you would be willing to share your thoughts, plans, and experiences with these recovery issues please respond to Kerry Baum at the address above.

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Some Questions on Hazard Mitigation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific

In trying to complete a simulation of the effects of recurrent disasters and mitigation and recovery policies in disaster-prone rural communities of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands, I have come upon a few questions that beg the opinion of experts. Thus, I hope that some of you experts out there in e-mail-land will offer some assistance.

First, I have assumed that communities that are exceptionally prone to natural disasters (e.g., the Bicol region of the Philippines) are in a constant state of each of the stages of the "disaster continuum." Thus, in this extreme situation, recovery measures that incorporate mitigation provisions seem essential. Within this scenario, the following questions have popped up:

1. If you were to choose one or two mitigation investment procedures that you would consider most likely to be beneficial to such a community (prone to destruction every 1-5 years), what would it/they be? [Note: relocation and land-use planning are not options here; looking for specific investments in some sort of infrastructure.]
2. What percent of money invested in this measure would you assume to be saved through vulnerability reduction in the first year? second year? What is the expected time duration of such reduction (in years or months)?
3. If funding for this project is coming from the federal government, what percent of such funding do you think will actually be used towards completion of the project (vs percent lost to corruption and other "leakages")? if funding is from NGOs? [Note: the impetus for this question is the incorporation of food-for-work and similar schemes as part of the combined recovery/mitigation effort; so a more direct question may be: What percentage of FFW money allocated by the government and/or NGOs in the area would make it to the project at hand?]
4. What other issues might need to be considered in this specific scenario?

Any help with any of these questions will be sincerely appreciated.

Hopefully,
Bob Alexander
East-West Center
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
E-mail: bfootbob@hawaii.edu

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New Web Resources from the Hazards Center

Working Paper #104: Emergency Management in the 21st Century: Coping with Bill Gates, Osama bin-Laden, and Hurricane Mitch, by Claire Rubin - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp104/wp104.html;

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/ss/ss00.html.

To further this discussion, the Hazards Center has added another paper to its Web site: The Natural Hazards Research Community: Comments on the 25th Anniversary of the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, by William A. Anderson, Senior Advisor, Disaster Management Facility, The World Bank. Anderson's remarks, focusing on the history of and prospects for social science disaster research, are available from http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/ss/ss00/anderson.html.

On another front, the center has also created a page listing Web sites that offer job listings in various areas of hazards management. That page is http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/jobs.html.

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New Web Resources from the Rest of the World

http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/index.html
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/cde.html
The disaster section of the American Red Cross Web site is a great source of individual, family, and business preparedness and recovery information. The site includes a new, updated listing at the second URL above of all available Red Cross Community Disaster Education resources. Categories of materials include: media, general disaster preparedness, teachers and schools, videos, presenters materials, materials for children, and materials in Spanish and other languages.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/index.htm
The Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch (ESDRB) of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, administers the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, overseeing national efforts to provide emergency mental health services to survivors of presidentially declared disasters. The branch's activities are divided into three areas:
- Services to individuals and communities affected by disasters
- Services to state and local mental health administrators
- Services to other groups
The ESDRB Web site provides information about each of these areas as well as a half dozen documents and manuals on the provision of mental health services following disaster, including Psychosocial Issues for Older Adults in Disasters and a Best Practices document that describes exemplary disaster crisis counseling programs implemented across the country.

http://www.esig.ucar.edu/un/
http://www.esig.ucar.edu/un/enFinal.pdf
On October 27, the United Nations released a new international study - Lessons from the 1997-98 El Nino: Once Burned, Twice Shy?, which asserts that thousands of human casualties and tens of billions of dollars in economic damage will continue to befall the world's developing countries every two to seven years until an investment is made to improve forecasting and preparedness against El Nino.

The creation of regional organizations to prepare collective responses to El Nino is one of the key recommendations in this study developed by teams of researchers working in 16 countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The study was undertaken with the collaboration of four United Nations organizations - the U.N. Environment Programme, the U.N. University, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) - together with the U.S.-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The 19-month study examined societal impacts of the 1997-98 El Nino in the 16 countries in order to identify "what worked and what didn't with regard to societal responses to the forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Nino event."

The study's findings highlight the need to undertake systematic long- term risk reduction activities, including better understanding of climate-related vulnerability through education and training. Consequently, the U.N. agencies are partnering with NCAR to develop a comprehensive program of "educating educators" in developing countries. The program will particularly address science, policy, and ethics related to climate change, variability, and extremes. U.N. University, in partnership with NCAR and the WMO and with support from the ISDR, is seeking donor support to fully develop such a program.

The complete text of Lessons from the 1997-98 El Nino: Once Burned, Twice Shy?, with its extensive analyses and numerous findings and recommendations, is available from the NCAR Web site above.

http://www.fema.gov/nfip/manual.htm
In May and October of each year, the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) (the Federal Emergency Management Agency department in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP]) publishes changes to NFIP policies and procedures in an updated NFIP Flood Insurance Manual. Subscriptions to the manual are available from the FEMA Map Service Center, P.O. Box 1038, Jessup, MD 20794- 1038; 1-800-358-9616. The complete manual is also available on-line at the Web site above.

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/educators.html
The U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program Web site consolidates much of the information available from the Survey on volcanoes. The "Educator's Page," which we haven't mentioned before, includes seven complete on-line texts: Volcanoes; This Dynamic Earth; Monitoring Active Volcanoes; Volcanoes of the United States; Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future; Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present and Future; and, Fire and Mud (Mount Pinatubo, Philippines). It also provides a catalog of other books and media on volcanoes that can be purchased from the Survey.

http://www.seismic.ca.gov/sscpubs.htm
The California Seismic Safety Commission and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) California Council have made the 1991 publication Architectural Practice and Earthquake Hazards: The Architect's Role in Earthquake Hazard Mitigation available for download from this site. The document includes several checklists, guides, and other sample documents to aid the seismic design and construction process.

http://www.anatolianquake.org
AnatolianQuake.org is a "curated depository of data on the Kocaeli-Golcuk and Duzce-Bolu earthquakes of 1999," maintained by Bogazici University, University of Kansas, University of Michigan, Middle East Technical University, University of Minnesota, Notre Dame University, Purdue University, and University of Texas at Austin. The site is intended as a repository of building data and drawings; bridge data and drawings; ground motion, geophysical, geotechnical, geological, economic, and organizational data; photographs; maps; a preliminary report; FTP downloads and uploads; contacts; and links to additional information.

http://www.ema.gov.au
Emergency Management Australia has jazzed up its Web site with a new look and new information. The site includes a section describing the agency's programs and structure as well as pages covering current EMA activities, EMA media releases, and emergency management generally. It also provides a virtual library, community information, a summary of available education and training, and a list of conferences. Particularly noteworthy is an extensive new section on "Disaster Education for Schools," with pages for teachers, students, and school communities, as well as a news section and an index of school disaster education resources - from Web sites to books and videos.

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An Invitation from FEMA for Nominations of Exemplary Practices

With "Partnerships in Preparedness" as its theme, FEMA's Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management provides an avenue for forging cooperation and leveraging emergency management talent and resources throughout the public and private sectors, and pays tribute to those who have developed such practices. The agency is currently soliciting nominations to be included in next year's compendium. A panel of FEMA partners comprised of representatives from the state and local emergency management community screens all nominations for inclusion in the compendium against the following five criteria:
- The program has implemented/demonstrated results
- The program is replicable/easy to transfer
- The program is cost effective
- The program is innovative
- The program has a broad scope of impact

Each nomination should include names of knowledgeable individuals who can provide further information. Nominations and suggestions are welcome at any time. For complete details or a nomination form, contact: Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management, PT-SL Room 614, FEMA, 500 C Street S.W., Washington, DC 20472, or see: http://www.fema.gov/pte/exempract.htm.

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An Invitation to Join a New Discussion List on Emergency Public Information

I'd like to invite you to join a new mailing list for discussion of Emergency Public Information (EPI) tasks, tools, and techniques in California and beyond. The "Cal-EPI" list is a new forum for discussion of technology issues such as EAS and EDIS, to be sure, but also a community of shared interests where emergency managers, journalists, and others can discuss and cooperate on the larger challenges of alerting, informing, and reassuring the public during emergencies.

Interested? Then join the conversation by sending e-mail to Cal-EPI-request@incident.com with the word "subscribe" in the body of your message. We're looking forward to having you with us!

Art Botterell
E-mail: acb@incident.com

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IBHS Unveils New Home Building Program to Promote Safe Living and Disaster Survival

IBHS is a national nonprofit organization supported by the property-casualty insurance industry. The pilot program was developed in partnership with the Contractors and Builders Association (CBA) of Pinellas County, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC), the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the State of Florida.

With materials contributed by local suppliers, three new homes have been designed and built to meet the new "Fortified" standards, which include such features as non-combustible, wind-resistant roof materials; shutters and impact-resistant glass; anchored exterior structures, such as carports and porches; reinforced entry and garage doors; and, building site and landscaping techniques that reduce wildfire and flooding vulnerability.

The "Fortified Florida" designation must be granted by a qualified service. IBHS engineers, who designated the three new homes in Pinellas County, will arrange this service for the first 100 homes built to the new standards in Florida. IBHS plans to qualify an outside organization to provide this service afterwards.

IBHS plans to expand the program within Florida and also into a new state early next year. IBHS also expects to announce a set of criteria for retrofitting existing Florida homes to the "Fortified" standards next year. The institute plans to promote public awareness to help create a market demand for these construction features.

More information about the "Fortified Florida" program is available on the World Wide Web: http://www.fortifiedhome.net, or by calling (877) 534-4672. Interested persons can also contact IBHS, 1408 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 208, Tampa, FL 33607; (813) 286-3400; fax: (813) 286-9960: WWW: http://www.ibhs.org.

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IIASA Offers Postdoctoral Opportunities

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) near Vienna, Austria, offers a postdoctoral program for scholars interested in research on issues of science and policy within the institute's three theme areas of Natural Resources and Environment, Population and Society, and Energy and Technology. The National Science Foundation has indicated that postdoctoral work at IIASA would be eligible for funding under its International Research Fellowship Program, and has encouraged IIASA to solicit applicants. NSF awards a stipend, plus allowances for travel, insurance, family, etc.

Application deadline is November 15, 2000.

You should consider applying if:

• You are within a year of completion of your doctorate, or no more than six years removed from receiving it;
• Your field of research coincides with one of IIASA's Project Areas;
• Your research and career would benefit from a year or two at an international research institution where you could interact with scientists from all over the world;
• You would like to investigate the policy implications of your research; and,
• You are an American citizen or permanent resident.

Applications should be directed to the NSF International Research Fellows Awards Program; the application process is described at http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf00141. Again, complete application materials are due November 15. For more information contact Margaret Goud Collins, Program Director for the U.S. Committee for IIASA, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 576-5019; fax: (617) 576-5050; e-mail: mcollins@amacad.org.

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ASFPM/FEMA Offer Graduate Fellowship

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ASFPM Offers Presentation on Floodplain Management

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A Recently Awarded Grant (Downunder)

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The EIIP Virtual Forum Schedule for November

November 8 - Forum Group Discussion: "Will the Results of the National Election Have Any Impact on Disaster Policies?" - Amy Sebring, Moderator, EIIP Technical Projects Coordinator

November 15 - Tech Arena: "MUSTER (Multi-User System for Training Emergency Response)" - Soren Beck, MUSTER Sales Manager/USA

November 22 - Forum: "New JCAHO Emergency Management Standards for Health Care Facilities" - Dr. Joanne McGlown, Jacksonville State University November 29 - Virtual Library: "Evaluation of the Project Impact Disaster Resistant Community Initiative" - Kathleen Tierney, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

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Conferences and Training

"National Listening Session" on Water Resources Challenges Facing the Nation. Hosted by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, D.C.: November 9, 2000. See: http://www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/iwr/waterchallenges, or call 1-877-447-6342 (toll free), or (703) 428-8535.

"The Global Water Crisis: Engineering the Solution" - Second in a Series of International Workshops. Sponsor: Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Reston, Virginia: November 16-17, 2000. Contact: Brian Parsons, ASCE/EWRI, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; (703) 295-6071; fax: (703) 295-6132; e-mail: bparsons@asce.org; WWW: http://www.ewrinstitute.org/ewrievents.html.

Emergency Management (Disaster) Planning Workshop for Business, Industry, and Government. Sponsors: American Red Cross, Capital Area Chapter and others. Tallahassee, Florida: November 27, 2000. See: http://www.tallytown.com/redcross, or contact: Disaster Services Office, American Red Cross, 187 Office Plaza Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32301; (850) 878-6080. (A self study version of this workshop is also available for $85.00 from the Disaster Services Office.)

Tenth Plenary Meeting of the Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (WGET). New York City: November 30-December 1, 2000. Convener: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitatrian Affairs (OCHA). See: http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms, or contact: Mrs. Goli Farrell, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, WGET Secretariat, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland: tel: +41 22 917-1455 and +41 22 917-3516; fax: +41 22 917-0208; e-mail: farrellg@un.org.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Technical Seminar: Overview of Current Issues in Earthquake Engineering. Los Angeles, California: December 7, 2000. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association (NEFSMA) Annual Meeting and Seminar. Newport, Rhode Island: December 7, 2000. Contact: Michele Steinberg, NEFSMA, McCormack Post Office, Box 676, Boston, MA 02102-0676; (617) 557-5566; fax: (617) 557-5675; WWW: http://www.seacoast.com/~nefsma.

Responding to Acts of Terrorism. Presented by: National Institute for Government Innovation and George Washington University. Las Vegas, Nevada: January 18-19, 2001. Contact: Institute of International Research, 708 Third Avenue, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10017; 1-888- 670-8200; fax: (941) 365-2507; WWW: http://www.nigi.org.

International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance Course. Organized by: The Center for International Health and Cooperation, The University of Geneva, Hunter College of the City University of New York, and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Geneva, Switzerland: February 4- March 3, 2001. For an application form and a detailed course description, contact: Michel Veuthey, Academic Director and Geneva Representative, 14 Pierre Longue, CH-1212 Geneva, Switzerland; tel: +41-79 / 469 71 84; fax: +41-22 / 793 56 10; e-mail: michel.veuthey@ties.itu.int.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2001 Annual Meeting. Monterey, California: February 7-10, 2001. Abstracts due December 1, 2000. Scholarships are available to enable students and recent graduates to attend the meeting. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

Second Annual Conference on Innovations in Catastrophe Management. Sponsor: EQECAT, Inc. Ft. Myers, Florida: February 25-28, 2001. Contact: Elaine Brovont, EQECAT, Inc., 1111 Broadway, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607; (510) 817-3100; e-mail: emb@eqe.com.

2001 Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) Annual Conference. Memphis, Tennessee: March 12-14, 2000 (tentative dates). Contact: CUSEC, 2630 East Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38118; (901) 544-3570 or 1-800-824-5817; fax: (901) 544-0544; e-mail: cusec@cusec.org; WWW: http://www.cusec.org.

IV Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management. Sponsors: Brazilian Government and others. Foz do Iguaru, Brazil: April 22-26, 2001. Contact: Secretariat of Water Resources (SRH); 55-61 317-1300; fax: 55-61 225-4760; e-mail: 4dialogo@bol.com.br.

Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams. Offered by: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver, Colorado: April 23-27, 2001. Contact: Bill Bouley; (303) 445-2754; e-mail: wbouley@do.usbr.gov; WWW: http://www.usbr.gov/dsis/trn_domestic.html.

Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference. Tampa, Florida: May 14-18, 2001. Contact: Florida Division of Emergency Management, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100; (850) 413-9900; WWW: http://www.floridadisaster.org.

National Flood Conference. Host: Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 22- 25, 2001. Contact: Catherine King, NFIP Bureau and Statistical Agent, 7700 Hubble Drive, Lanham, MD 20706; fax: (301) 918-1471.

Landslides: Causes, Impacts and Countermeasures. Davos, Switzerland: June 17-21, 2001. Contact: Conference Secretary, Deutsche Montan Technology, Franz-Fischer-Weg 61, 45307 Essen, Germany; tel: 49-201-172-1886; fax: 49-201-172-1777; e-mail: kuehne@dmt.de; WWW: http://www.engfnd.org/1av.html.

Fourth International Symposium on Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management. Sponsors: Coastal Zone Canada and others. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: June 18-20, 2001. Abstracts due November 30, 2000. Contact: D. Bartlett, CoastGIS 2001, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2; e-mail: coastgis2001@agc.bio.ns.ca.

Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management. Joint American Water Resources Association (AWRA)/Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) Specialty Conference. Snowbird, Utah: June 27- 30, 2001. Abstracts due January 22, 2001. Contact: AWRA, 4 West Federal Street, P.O. Box 1626, Middleburg, VA 20118-1626; (540) 687- 8390; fax: (540) 687-8395; WWW: http://www.awra.org/meetings/Utah2001/.

Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Americas: Challenges and Emerging Issues. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Third Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas. In cooperation with UNESCO's Regional Office of Science and Technology for Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami, Florida: July 15-August 3, 2001. See: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM, or contact: Dr. Guillermo Podesta, Summer Institute Coordinator; e-mail: gpodesta@rsmas.miami.edu.

Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association (OFMA) Annual Fall Conference. Somewhere in Okalahoma, we'd bet: September 24-26, 2001. Contact: OFMA, P.O. Box 8101, Tulsa, OK 74101-8101; WWW: http://www.okflood.org.

Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Sponsor: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Boston, Massachusetts: July 21-25, 2002. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

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