T140 Risks and Realities: Current Advances in Understanding Societal Risk and Resilience to Natural Hazards I

Monday, 19 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
D135/136

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  IMPLEMENTING GLOBAL AND NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
  David Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  164966 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  A NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR HAZARDS, RISK, AND RESILIENCE
  Linda C.S. Gundersen, Reston, VA
  166067 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  VARIATIONS IN POPULATION EXPOSURE AND SENSITIVITY TO LAHAR HAZARDS FROM MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON
  Nathan J. Wood, Western Geographic Science Center, Vancouver, WA and Christopher Soulard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  165676 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  MODELING TSUNAMI EVACUATION OR SHELTER-IN-PLACE ALTERNATIVES FOR WAIKIKI, HAWAII
  Karl Kim, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Pradip Pant, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Eric Yamashita, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  166091 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  SOCIETAL GEOHAZARD RISK AS A CONVERGENCE OF GEOLOGIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC HISTORIES
  Nicholas J. Roberts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC and Marco Antonio Guzmán, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, N/A and Reginald L. Hermanns, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim
  164643 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  MEASURING DISASTER RESILIENCE BY MEASURING HEALTH
  Monica Gowan, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA and Ray Kirk, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N/A and David Johnston, GNS Science/Massey University, Lower Hutt, N/A and Kevin Ronan, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, N/A
  164780 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  ROLES FOR EARTH SCIENTISTS IN HELPING TO ENHANCE RESILIENCE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS
  Geoffrey S. Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gregory P. Meeker, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Todd M. Hoefen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Suzette A. Morman, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Charles Alpers, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA and Lucile M. Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena, CA and Dale A. Cox, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Suzanne C. Perry, U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena, CA
  166435 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  NVEWS THREAT ASSESSMENT REVISITED: FINE-SCALE POPULATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FACILITY METRICS NEAR ACTIVE VOLCANOES
  Angela K. Diefenbach, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA and John W. Ewert, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA and Nathan J. Wood, Western Geographic Science Center, Vancouver, WA and Marianne Guffanti, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  164418 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  ASSESSING VOLCANIC HAZARDS AND RISKS TO AVIATION
  Marianne Guffanti, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and John W. Ewert, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA and Thomas L. Murray, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK
  163433 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  PYROCLASTICS AND POWER – VULNERABILITY OF HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS TO VOLCANIC ASHFALL HAZARDS
  Johnny Wardman, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N/A and Thomas M. Wilson, University of Canterbury, Christchurch and Pat Bodger, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N/A and J.W. Cole, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N/A and David Johnston, GNS Science/Massey University, Lower Hutt, N/A
  166721 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ECONOMIC RESILIENCE: LESSONS FROM THE ShakeOut EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO
  Anne M. Wein, USGS, Menlo Park, CA and Adam Z. Rose, USC, Los Angeles, CA
  159854 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  PUSHING THE ENVELOPE – INNOVATIVE USES OF FEMA'S HAZUS-MH FOR ASSESSING RISK AND INFORMING POLICY MAKERS
  Norman Levine, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Charlie C. Kaufman, Dorchester County, SC, Summerville, SC and J. Clayton Wine, Charleston County, North Charleston, SC and Eric K. Anderson, Collge of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  167033 (Technical Sessions)