Increasing resiliency to natural hazards - A strategic plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California

Jones, Lucy; Bernknopf, Richard; Cannon, Susan H.; Cox, Dale A.; Gaydos, Len; Keeley, Jon E.; Kohler, Monica D.; Lee, Homa; Ponti, Daniel J.; Ross, Stephanie L.; Schwarzbach, Steven E.; Shulters, Michael V.; Ward, Andrew; Wein, Anne

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“…The MultiHazards Demonstration Project for Southern California (MHDP, Jones et al 2007) began with a purview of Southern California and five years commitment from the USGS to demonstrate the effectiveness of its approach. During MHDP's formulation, MHDP organized focus groups consisting of potential end users-emergency response professionals, public officials, and resource managers-and found a strong need and interest in scenarios that would increase preparation for catastrophic natural disasters.…”

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“…The ShakeOut Scenario is the first public product of a new project at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project, which was initiated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to improve resiliency to natural hazards through the application of science to community decision making and emergency response. The Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project for Southern California (MHDP, Jones et al 2007) began with a purview of Southern California and five years commitment from the USGS to demonstrate the effectiveness of its approach. During MHDP's formulation, MHDP organized focus groups consisting of potential end users-emergency response professionals, public officials, and resource managers-and found a strong need and interest in scenarios that would increase preparation for catastrophic natural disasters.…”

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Developing a Scenario for Widespread Use: Best Practices, Lessons Learned

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The ShakeOut Scenario is probably the most widely known and used earthquake scenario created to date. Much of the credit for its widespread dissemination and application lies with scenario development criteria that focused on the needs and involvement of end users and with a suite of products that tailored communication of the results to varied end users, who ranged from emergency managers to the general public, from corporations to grassroots organizations. Products were most effective when they were highly visual, when they emphasized the findings of social scientists, and when they communicated the experience of living through the earthquake. This paper summarizes the development criteria and the products that made the ShakeOut Scenario so widely known and used, and it provides some suggestions for future improvements.

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Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California’s Tsunami Policy Working Group

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California has established a Tsunami Policy Working Group to facilitate development of policy recommendations for tsunami hazard mitigation. The Tsunami Policy Working Group brings together government and industry specialists from diverse fields including tsunami, seismic, and flood hazards, local and regional planning, structural engineering, natural hazard policy, and coastal engineering. The group is acting on findings from two parallel efforts: The USGS SAFRR Tsunami Scenario project, a comprehensive impact analysis of a large credible tsunami originating from an M 9.1 earthquake in the Aleutian Islands Subduction Zone striking California's coastline, and the State's Tsunami Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation Program. The unique dual-track approach provides a comprehensive assessment of vulnerability and risk within which the policy group can identify gaps and issues in current tsunami hazard mitigation and risk reduction, make recommendations that will help eliminate these impediments, and provide advice that will assist development and implementation of effective tsunami hazard risk communication products to improve community resiliency.

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Multi-hazard disaster scenario method and emergency management for urban resilience by integrating experiment–simulation–field data

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Increasing resiliency to natural hazards - A strategic plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California

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Developing a Scenario for Widespread Use: Best Practices, Lessons Learned

Developing a Scenario for Widespread Use: Best Practices, Lessons Learned

Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California’s Tsunami Policy Working Group

Multi-hazard disaster scenario method and emergency management for urban resilience by integrating experiment–simulation–field data

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