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T HE NAT I O NAL ACAD E MIE S
HAZ ARD S WAT CH
REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF DISASTERS
THROUGH IMPROVED EARTH
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SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 22, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC
A SUMMARY TO THE
D I SASTE RS ROUNDTABEE
BY
RICHARD SYEVES, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
AND HELEN WOOD, NOAA
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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FORE WORD
The Disasters Roundtable (DR) seeks to facilitate and enhance communication and the exchange of ideas
among scientists, practitioners, and policyn~kers concerned with urgent and important issues related to the
understanding and mitigation of natural, technological, and other disasters. Roundtable workshops are held
three times a year in Washington, D.C. Each meeting is focused on a specific topic or issue and is free and
open to the public. The Disasters Roundtable Steering Committee identifies topics, creates agendas, and
recruits expert speakers for Roundtable events. For upcoming meetings, please visit http://dels.nas.edu/dr.
The Disasters Roundtable Steering Committee is composed of seven appointed members and sponsoring
ax-officio members. The appointed members are William H. Hooke, chair, American Meteorological Society,
David Applegate, American Geological Institute; Ross B. Corotis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann-
Margaret Esnard, Cornell University, Susan K. Tubbesing Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; Ellis
Stanley, Sr., Emergency Preparedness Department of the City of Los Angeles; and Richard T. Sylves,
University of Delaware. The ax-officio members are Lloyd Cluff, Pacific Gas & Electric; Dennis Wenger,
National Science Foundation; Timothy Cohn, U.S. Geological Survey, Stephen Ambrose, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration; Margaret Lawless, Federal Emergency Management Agency, James Russell, Institute
for Business and Home Safety, and Helen Wood, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The DR
staff includes William Anderson, director, Patricia Jones Kershaw, staff associate and Kemi Yai, project
assistant (until Jan. 2004) and Byron Mason (as of February20041.
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reflect the views of the roundtable members or other participants. Thanks to Professor Richard Sylves of the
University of Delaware and Dori Ackerman and Michael Loucks of GRS Solutions for providing their notes
from the workshop.
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