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Ralph Braibanti
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The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction's
International Working Group (IWG) is charged with facilitating
and promoting international cooperation in science and technology
as it relates to all phases of natural and technological disasters.
The IWG facilitates a dialogue between policy, and science and
technology communities. The IWG provides an interagency forum
to exchange information on disaster-related science and technology
programs and facilities in other countries, and to identify
and coordinate opportunities for beneficial international collaborations.
Similarly, the IWG facilitates, from a science and technology
perspective, the U.S. Government's contribution to and participation
in relevant international programs and organizations, e.g. the
United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction
(ISDR).
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Steve Ambrose
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Tim Battista
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Bruce Quirk
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The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction's
Earth Observation Task Group (EOTG) is charged with facilitating
the development of the U.S. National Plan for coordinated Earth
observations from a disaster reduction perspective. Inputs from
the EOTG are submitted to the Committee on Environment and Natural
Resources Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations.
Reports:
Chapter 4.1 of the U.S. National Plan.
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Critical Infrastructure
Task Group |
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Resource
Impacts Task Group |
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Joy Pauschke
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To Be Named
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Chair
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703-292-7024
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The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction's
(SDR) Critical Infrastructure Task Group(CITG) is charged with
articulating the need to reduce the vulnerability of critical
infrastructure systems, or lifelines(e.g., communications,
electricity, financial, gas, sewage, transportation, public health,
emergency services and water) before, during and after hazard events.
The Task Group will develop a 6-8 page white paper on reducing
critical infrastructure vulnerability to natural and technological
hazards.
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Susan Conard
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The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction's
(SDR) Resource Impacts Task Group(RITG) is charged with articulating
the link between disasters and natural resources, with a special
focus on the ecosystem impacts. By September 2007, the RITG will
deliver a report for consideration by the SDR members to include, but
not be limited to, the following:
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Summary of impacts to resources
from primary and secondary disasters; |
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Discussion of societal and
ecosystem effects for these resource impacts; |
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Recommendations on the key
science and technology investments to reduce resource vulnerability; |
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Correlate to the Grand
Challenges for Disaster Reduction and the Grand Challenge
Implementation Plans. |
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Grand
Challenges Task Group |
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Noel Raufaste
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The Grand Challenges Task Group
is creating a disaster resistant America by composing a
ten-year agenda for research and development activities
that will produce a drastic reduction in the loss of life
and property from natural and technological disasters.
A Grand Challenge is a fundamental problem in science and
technology, with broad economic and scientific impact, whose solution can
be advanced bycoordinated and sustained investment in research, education,
communication, and application of technology.
To outline the ten-year research and development agenda for disaster reduction,
hazard teams will review current literature and interview SDR members and
other relevant experts to produce the framework contents. Once complete,
the framework will be the organizing principle for discussions at a facilitated
offsite and, together, the offsite outcomes and framework will become the
base for the draft document. The framework acknowledges the following dimensions
of disaster reduction:
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Stages in the disaster
management cycle; |
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Hazards; |
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Stakeholders: citizens,
responders, policymakers, researchers, agencies; |
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Geographic Context:
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Scientific Context:
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Reports:
The
Grand Challenges report was published in June 2005.
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