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- Title
- Role of California Community Colleges in Disseminating Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Information.
- File
- PB299421.pdf
- Author(s)
- Bartol, J.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1979, 49 p.
- Abstract
- This study shows the need of various community sectors for hazard mitigation information and the feasibility of using community colleges for that purpose. The following steps are recommended for carrying this program: (1) the development of appropriate plans for program implementation, including the selection of the most promising dissemination methodologies, determination of the number and locations of one or more pilot demonstration projects, and arrangements for scheduling, staffing, and funding these projects; (2) the development of dissemination tools, particularly course modules for instructors' use, including geology courses and engineering/technical and political science curricula; (3) the definition and formulation of techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of hazard mitigation information transfer efforts, including assessment methods varying from subjective types such as participant responses via questionnaires and interviews, and peer reviews, to quantitative evaluations of a statistical nature; and (4) planning for the expansion of the scope of the material covered and its geographical area of application. The lessons learned in developing earthquake hazard material would be applied to other natural hazards. Plans also would be made for the logical and feasible expansion of successful pilot demonstration projects to statewide and regional levels.
- Keywords
- Students; California; Universities; Community relations; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Warning systems; Community colleges; Natural hazards; Information systems; Earthquakes