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Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

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Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

The Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is scheduled to become operational in 2004. These network sites will perform a range of experiments to test and validate complex computer models being developed to simulate the behavior of structures subjected to earthquakes. To assist in this effort, the NSF requested the National Research Council(NRC) to frame the major questions to be addressed by and to develop a long-term research agenda for NEES. Preventing Earthquake Disasters presents an overview of the grand challenge including six critical research problems making up that challenge. The report also provides an assessment of earthquake engineering research issues and the role of information technology in that research effort, and a research plan for NEES.

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0309090644

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National Earthquake Resilience

Research, Implementation, and Outreach

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,Committee on National Earthquake Resilienceâ¬"Research, Implementation, and Outreach

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National Earthquake Resilience

Research, Implementation, and Outreach

The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is not a reliable indicator of preparedness for a major earthquake in a populated area. The recent, disastrous, magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northern Japan demonstrates the threat that earthquakes pose. Moreover, the cascading nature of impacts-the earthquake causing a tsunami, cutting electrical power supplies, and stopping the pumps needed to cool nuclear reactors-demonstrates the potential complexity of an earthquake disaster. Such compound disasters can strike any earthquake-prone populated area. National Earthquake Resilience presents a roadmap for increasing our national resilience to earthquakes. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is the multi-agency program mandated by Congress to undertake activities to reduce the effects of future earthquakes in the United States. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-the lead NEHRP agency-commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to develop a roadmap for earthquake hazard and risk reduction in the United States that would be based on the goals and objectives for achieving national earthquake resilience described in the 2008 NEHRP Strategic Plan. National Earthquake Resilience does this by assessing the activities and costs that would be required for the nation to achieve earthquake resilience in 20 years. National Earthquake Resilience interprets resilience broadly to incorporate engineering/science (physical), social/economic (behavioral), and institutional (governing) dimensions. Resilience encompasses both pre-disaster preparedness activities and post-disaster response. In combination, these will enhance the robustness of communities in all earthquake-vulnerable regions of our nation so that they can function adequately following damaging earthquakes. While National Earthquake Resilience is written primarily for the NEHRP, it also speaks to a broader audience of policy makers, earth scientists, and emergency managers.

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Facing Hazards and Disasters

Understanding Human Dimensions

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities

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Facing Hazards and Disasters

Understanding Human Dimensions

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities

Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events-including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact-affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.

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Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

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A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

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National Earthquake Resilience

Research, Implementation, and Outreach

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Research, Implementation, and Outreach

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Assessment of Earthquake Engineering Research and Testing Capabilities in the United States

A Summary Report

By: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Committee on Experimental Research

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Assessment of Earthquake Engineering Research and Testing Capabilities in the United States

A Summary Report

By: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Committee on Experimental Research

An executive summary of the assessment report on national research and test facilities for earthquake engineering research. The summary includes background, purpose, evaluation of existing capabilities, projections of future research capabilities and results, and concluding remarks. This summary is also included in the full text of the proceedings.

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Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

National Earthquake Resilience

National Earthquake Resilience

Facing Hazards and Disasters

Facing Hazards and Disasters

Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering

National Earthquake Resilience

National Earthquake Resilience

Assessment of Earthquake Engineering Research and Testing Capabilities in the United States

Assessment of Earthquake Engineering Research and Testing Capabilities in the United States

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