NEHRP Clearinghouse
- Title
- Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 5, Number 1, September 1980.
- File
- PB81166563.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1980, 14 p.
- Abstract
- A summary of the fifth annual Natural Hazards Research Workshop is presented. Lists of user presentations, completed research projects, new projects and trends, natural hazards activities, and session summaries are included. Brief articles cover the following items: a new center for study of Midwest earthquakes; quick response to disaster; flood plain management; disaster preparedness; flood insurance program redirection; the Water Resources Council's state program budget cut; and state disaster response. Project summaries are given for grants on the following subjects: research dissemination; barrier islands; earthquake response; earthquake mitigation; earthquke insurance; and land values. Names, dates, and topics of future conferences are noted. Bibliographic data and abstracts of recent publications are provided.
- Keywords
- Research projects; Volcanoes; Insurance; Mount Saint Helens; Disasters; Floods; Meetings; Warning systems; Flood plains; Earthquakes