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Project Title:
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Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters
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PIN:
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PGA-COSEPUP-09-01
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
Policy and Global Affairs
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Sub Unit:
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Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
Division on Earth and Life Studies
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RSO:
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Eide, Elizabeth
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Earth Sciences; Environment and Environmental Studies; National Security and Defense; Policy for Science and Technology; Transportation and Infrastructure
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Project Scope
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An ad hoc committee overseen through collaborative oversight of the Disasters Roundtable (DR) and the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) will conduct a study and issue a consensus report that integrates information from the natural, physical, technical, economic and social sciences to identify ways in which to increase national resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States. In this context, “national resilience” includes resilience at federal, state and local community levels.
The ad-hoc committee will:
· Define “national resilience” and frame the primary issues related to increasing national resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States;
· Provide goals, baseline conditions, or performance metrics for resilience at the U.S. national level;
· Describe the state of knowledge about resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States;
· Outline additional information or data and gaps and obstacles to action that need to be addressed in order to increase resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States;
· Present conclusions and recommendations about what approaches are needed to elevate national resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States.
The project is sponsored by the Community and Regional Resilience Institute, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Department of Commerce National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The approximate start date for the project is June 2010.
A report will be issued at the end of the project in approximately 22 months.
On 2/2/2011 the project scope was edited for clarity; the updated version is shown above.
Update (12-6-2012): The project duration has been extended to enable a colloquium to be held on the study report that was released in August 2012. The colloquium is November 30-December 1, 2012 in Washington DC. An individually-authored summary of the event will subsequently be released.
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Project Duration:
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22 months
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