Natural Hazards Observer, Volume VII, Number 3, January, 1983

摘要

This edition discusses the information flow barrier that exists between emergency management practitioners and the research community with regard to natural hazards research. Results are presented of a study undertaken to develop a model for simulating the economic effects of earthquakes and earthquake prediction, and it is concluded that economic losses resulting from an earthquake are likely to be higher when measured from a regional perspective than when measured from a national one. A report recommending that the Federal Emergency Management Agency adopt a better monitoring program to ensure that local communities are actually enforcing flood plain management regulations is summarized. A plea for information on landslides, especially in the form of newspaper clippings and theses, is presented. Conferences, publications, and grants are listed.