Print documents can be sent to: Centro Regional de Informacion sobre Desastres para America Latina y el Caribe, Apdo. 3745-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. Electronic copies can be e-mailed to: crid@crid.or.cr
More information about CRID is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.crid.or.cr.
Louisa Cox
E-mail: ljc116@york.ac.uk
I am attempting to construct a decision making model on this topic, based on reconstruction management and some elements of mitigation. The paper must address the kind of earthquake disaster, the damage caused by the earthquake, human factors, the influence of government policy, cost, etc.
Could you help me with some relevant articles? Thank you for considering my inquiry.
Dian Pigafetta
E-mail: catherine_dy@yahoo.com
Thank you,
Patricia Weems
E-mail: tweemz@lycos.com or
tweemz2@earthlink.net
Tel: (818) 341-4394
We thank you in advance for your time.
Best regards,
Daniel Urena Cot
Technical and Administrative Assistant
ECHO Regional Office
Frantz Felix Miranda #22, Ensanche Naco
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: (809) 472-1615
Fax: (809) 472-3767
E-mail: dipecho@codetel.net.do
WWW: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/echo/en/index_en.html
The secretariat is also preparing an exhibit for the Geneva-based U.N. Open Doors Day (October 2001), which will focus on the work of volunteers. Thus the secretariat is seeking examples of volunteer work in disaster reduction around the world. The exhibit will not only be used for the Geneva-based U.N. Open Doors Day but will also become a traveling exhibit to be used worldwide. Please send descriptions of volunteer work in disaster reduction by individuals or organizations to Nicole Appel, Promotion and Awareness Officer, ISDR Secretariat, United Nations, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; tel: (41-22) 917-9706; fax: (41-22) 917-9098; e-mail: appeln@un.org.
http://www.redcross.org.uk
(Click on "Our Work," then on "International Activities", then on "NGO
Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Project")
For the past two years, a team funded by the Department for
International Development (DFID) and managed by the British Red Cross has
been researching the work of NGOs in natural disaster mitigation and
preparedness. The project's findings are now available on-line from this
web site. They comprise:
http://www.wa.gov/wsem
The Washington State Emergency Management Division web site offers
an extensive section on the recent Washington (Nisqually) earthquake. It
includes official government (federal, state, and local) announcements,
details about damage, and abundant information for residents about
recovery and recovery resources.
http://www.eeri.org
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has posted
preliminary reports and photos from the EERI reconnaissance team that
examined the Bhuj earthquake that devastated the state of Gujarat, India,
on January 26. The site also offers observations and information about
the recent Washington State earthquake and the two El Salvador
earthquakes earlier this year.
http://geoinfo.usc.edu/gees/
Similarly, the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Server - a
project/service supported by the National Science Foundation - has
published the "Preliminary Report of the India-US Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering Reconnaissance Team" that examined the Bhuj, India, quake.
The team was sponsored by NSF in collaboration with EERI (see above) and
the Mid America Earthquake Center.
http://www.nicee.org/NICEE/Gujarat/iaeemanual.htm
http://64.177.169.147/NICEE/Gujarat/iaeemanual.htm
In response to the catastrophic Indian earthquake, the National
Information Center for Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, has made the International
Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) manual "Guidelines for
Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction" available via the NICEE
web site. Non-engineered buildings are defined as those that are
spontaneously and informally constructed using traditional techniques
without the aid of an architect or engineer but that may follow a set of
recommendations derived from observed behavior of such buildings in past
earthquakes and trained engineering judgment. Questions or comments about
these guidelines can be directed to NICEE via e-mail: nicee@iitk.ac.in.
http://www.cepal.org.mx
At the request of the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has
carried out a study of the socioeconomic impact of the January 13
earthquake that struck El Salvador. According to the study, the total
losses were approximately $1,255.4 million (US). The full text of the
study and a description of study methodology are available in Spanish,
with an executive summary in English, from the ECLAC web page at the URL
above. After a second earthquake struck El Salvador on February 13, a new
evaluation mission was organized, and the results of the second
evaluation will be available soon. For further information, contact
Ricardo Zapata, ECLAC, e-mail: rzapata@un.org.mx.
http://www.fema.gov/emi/edu
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Higher Education Project
is a major agency effort to promote emergency management training in
colleges and universities across the U.S. The project's web site offers
details about this program as well as much information about and
extensive indexes of available training. For example, the project
maintains a list of all colleges offering (or even considering) emergency
management/disaster courses, indexed in various ways. In addition to the
current listings (by degree offered) it is adding:
http://www.pep.bc.ca
(Click on "Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services)
or go directly to:
http://www.pep.bc.ca/management/Women_in_Disaster_Workbook.pdf
The British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) web site
(see DR #338) has made this entire workbook on disaster preparedness and
response among women's services available on-line. "It Can Happen to Your
Agency - Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services,"
prepared by the B.C. Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and
Counselling Programs, focuses on how women's service agencies can prepare
to meet the problems and increased demands for services that will
accompany any disaster.
http://aic.stanford.edu/disaster/
The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Web site offers an
entire section on disaster recovery. It includes tips for the care of
water-damaged objects of all kinds - from family heirlooms to books,
textiles, and photographs - as well as links to other resources and
information on the protection and conservation of valuable and/or
historic artifacts.
http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/Indexen.htm
The second edition of the regional disaster preparedness and
management newsletter/magazine, "ISDR Informs-Latin America and the
Caribbean," is now available on the Regional Disaster Information Center
(CRID) web site above.
Web site of the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ("Linking Science to Society"), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Universityhttp://www.iges.org
Web site of the Institute of Global Environment and Society, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies.http://ecpc.ucsd.edu
Web site of the Experimental Climate Prediction Center, Climate Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanographyhttp://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
National Water and Climate Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.We discovered these sites in a recent issue of "Weatherzine" ( http://www.esig.ucar.edu/socasp/zine/index.html) - a newsletter available on-line from the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research - http://www.esig.ucar.edu and http://www.esig.ucar.edu/socasp (one of our favorite sites on this topic).
Besides an abundance of data and information on the societal aspects of climate and weather and "Weatherzine," the ESIG site offers other periodicals including ESIG's "Network Newsletter" for people involved in climate impact assessment, and "ENSO Signal" - for persons interested in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle and its impacts on society (for either newsletter, see: http://www.esig.ucar.edu/pubs.html).
START is inviting pre-proposals from qualified persons from developing countries in Africa, Asia, Central/South America, and Small Island States for potential research projects on "Assessments of Impacts of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors." Projects will typically range from $20,000-$75,000 per year and extend up to three years. The overall GEF Project Document that describes this effort can be accessed via Internet: http://www.start.org (under the heading "Cross-Cutting Projects").
The research projects to be funded will be targeted research proposals focusing on regional/national climate scenarios and assessing vulnerability to climate change in key socioeconomic and environmental sectors, including: water resources, food, human health, coastal areas, and infrastructure. In addition, research will address a number of cross-cutting factors that are important for assessing vulnerability, including: changes in baseline socioeconomic conditions; adaptive capacity; assessment of effectiveness, feasibility, and costs of proactive adaptation.
The project executing agencies are now accepting expressions of interest/ pre-proposals from prospective investigators. Pre-proposals will be evaluated by an expert committee against criteria that include both required and desired elements (see the project Web site for details).
Expressions of interest/pre-proposals should be submitted to: AIACC, c/o International START Secretariat, 2000 Florida Avenue, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009, USA; fax: (202) 457-5859; e-mail: aiacc@agu.org.
The deadline for submission is April 15, 2001. Full proposals will be due July 2001.
Interested persons and organizations should obtain complete details from Amy Freise, Program Coordinator, International START Secretariat, e-mail: afreise@agu.org; (202) 462-2213, fax: (202) 457-5859; WWW: http://www.start.org.
For more information about this program, contact Michael K. Lindell, Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3137; (979) 862-3970; fax: (979) 845-5121; email: mlindell@archone.tamu.edu.
Applications should be submitted by a faculty sponsor at the host institution, together with a letter of nomination. All applications must include an academic transcript and a statement of the applicant's educational and career goals. Two additional letters of reference, evaluating the applicant's recent academic performance and potential to contribute to the field, should be submitted directly to EERI.
Candidates can obtain application forms from their college or university departments, from EERI's web site (http://www.eeri.org), or upon request from EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org. The application deadline is May 14, 2001.
Technical Briefings for the Bhuj, India, Earthquake of January 26, 2001, and the Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake of February 28, 2001. Hosted by: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
Southern Region FIREWISE Workshop. Sponsors: Florida Division of Forestry and others. Jacksonville, Florida: April 4-5, 2001. See: http://www.tallytown.com/redcross (click on the Southern Region FIREWISE Workshop icon in the blue left-hand boarder).
Emerging Disaster Mitigation Solutions in the 21st Century: The First Annual Northeast Asia Disaster Mitigation Forum. Sponsors: Korean Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, World Bank, and others. Seoul, Korea: April 12-13, 2001. Contact: Northeast Asia Disaster Mitigation Forum, 1188 Bishop Street, Suite 2006, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; tel: (808) 536-1539; fax: (808) 536-1931; e-mail: kjhawaii@pixi.com
Sixth Annual Emergencies 2001 Conference. Offered by IBC Conferences. Sydney, Australia: May 2-4, 2001. Contact: IBC Conferences, GPO Box 2728, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia; tel: (02) 8235 5359; fax: (02) 9290 3844; e-mail: registration@informa.com.au; WWW: http://www.ibcoz.com.au/emergencies.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Short Course: Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering. Atlanta, Georgia: May 3-4, 2001. Contact: ASCE Continuing Education, P.O. Box 79536, Baltimore, MD 21279-0536; 1-800-548-2723; fax: (703) 295-6144; e-mail: conted@acse.org; WWW: http://www.asce.org.AEG Short Course: Understanding and Applying Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California: May 18, 2001. See: http://www.scec.org/instanet/01news/news010313c.html.
Eighth Mallet-Milne Lecture: "Learn to Live with Earthquakes: Know Your Faults." Cambridge, U.K.: May 23, 2001. Contact: Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics, Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA, U.K.; tel: 020-7222-7722; fax: 020-7222-7500; -or- Liz Marwood, Secretary; tel: 020-7665-2238; fax: 020-7799-1325; e-mail: liz.marwood@ice.org.uk; WWW: http://www.seced.org.uk.
Americas Conference on Wind Engineering. Sponsors: American Association for Wind Engineering and others. Clemson, South Carolina: June 3-6, 2001. Contact: Scott D. Schiff, Department of Civil Engineering, Lowry Hall - Box 340911, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0911; (864) 656-0456; fax: (864) 656-2670; e-mail: scott.schiff@ces.clemson.edu; WWW: http://www.ce.clemson.edu/acwe.
International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA 8). Offered by: Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC).
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. Applications due April 6, 2001. See: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM, or contact: Dr. Guillermo Podesta, Summer Institute Coordinator; e-mail: gpodesta@rsmas.miami.edu.
First Annual Meeting on Integrated Disaster Risk Management: Reducing Socio-Economic Vulnerability. Sponsor: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI). Laxenburg, Austria: August 1-4, 2001. One-page abstracts, due April 15, 2001, should be e-mailed to idrm@iiasa.ac.at. Additional information and registration: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/RMP/dpri2001/; or contact: Helene Pankl, Conference Secretariat, IIASA, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria; tel: 43-2236-807-456; fax: 43-2236-807-466; e-mail: pankl@iiasa.ac.at; -or- Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, IIASA, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria; tel: 43-2236-807-308; fax: 43-2236-807-466; e-mail: idrm@iiasa.ac.at.
Workshop on Vulnerability Assessment Techniques (VAT) II. Host: Organization of American States (OAS) and the NOAA Coastal Services Center. Charleston, South Carolina: August 13-15, 2001. Contact: Lacy Johnson, NOAA Coastal Services Center, 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405-2413; (843) 740-1213; fax: (843) 740-1313; e-mail: lacy.johnson@noaa.gov.
"E-Health" - The Use of Information Technology and Telematics in Emergency Management and Education. Sponsored by: Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Kuopio, Finland, and others. Kuopio, Finland: August 23-25, 2001. A call for abstracts has been issued. Contact: Conference Secretariat, University of Kuopio, Department of Health Policy and Management, P.O Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland; tel: +358 17 163 631; fax: +358 17 162 999; e-mail: aapo.immonen@uku.fi.
Fire-Rescue International. Host: International Association of Fire Chiefs. New Orleans, Louisiana: August 24-27, 2001. Contact: International Association of Fire Chiefs, 1995-2001, 4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-0911; fax: (703) 273-9363; WWW: http://www.ichiefs.org.
Managing Conflict during Humanitarian Operations: Improving Negotiation and Cross-Cultural Skills - A Professional Development Seminar for NGO Workers in Humanitarian Field Operations. Offered by: U.S. Institute of Peace. Washington, D.C. Area: September 10-13, 2001. Applications due July 15. Contact: Barbara Wien, Program Officer, Training Department, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 429-3823; e-mail: bwien@usip.org.
Joint Fall Conference of the Oklahoman Floodplain Management Association (OFMA) and the Oklahoma Emergency Managers Association. Tulsa, Oklahoma: September 23-27, 2001. Contact: OFMA, Box 8101, Tulsa, OK 74101-8101; WWW: http://www.okflood.org.
Fourth Annual Medical and Health Disaster Management Conferences: "Bioterrorism: Your Toolbox for Action!" Sponsors: California Department of Health Services, California Emergency Medical Services Authority, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and others.
International Erosion Control Association 33rd Annual Conference and Exposition. Orlando, Florida: February 25-March 1, 2002. Abstracts due April 20, 2001. Contact: International Erosion Control Association, P.O. Box 774904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904; (970) 879-3010; fax: (970) 879-8563; e-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org; WWW: http://www.ieca.org.
Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Host: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Boston, Massachusetts: July 21-25, 2002. A call for papers has been issued; abstracts are due May 1, 2001. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: 7ncee@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org/Meetings/7ncee.html
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