2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 74 Monday, 19 October 2009
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: Portland Ballroom 254

P7. Hazards and Health: Preventing Disaster and Building Resilience on the Ring of Fire (GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA International Division; GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee; Geological Society of New Zealand; International Association of Emergency Managers; International Medical Geology Association; International Union of Geological Sciences; International Union for Quaternary Research; U.S. Geological Survey)

Monica E. Gowan, David Applegate, Scott F. Burns, John J. Clague and David Johnston, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
74-18:05 AM THE DISASTER RESEARCH LANDSCAPE: ROLE OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE SCIENTIST/PRACTITIONER RELATIONS: MILETI, Dennis S., Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1 Ridgeline Way, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, dennis.mileti@colorado.edu
74-28:30 AM THE HUMAN FACE OF DISASTER: BUILDING RESILIENCY: PEARCE, Laurie D., Disaster and Emergency Management, Royal Roads University and Justice Institute of BC, 5730 Sunshine Falls Lane, North Vancouver, BC V7G2T9 Canada, lauriepearce@shaw.ca
74-38:55 AM DISASTERS AND HEALTH: HOW DO DISASTERS AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH?: MAYER, Jonathan, Epidemiology, Medicine (Allergy and Infectous Diseases), Geography, Global Health, Health Services, Family Medicine, University of Washington, Geography Box 353550, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, jmayer@uw.edu
 9:20 AM Opening Discussion: Building a Collaborative Future
74-49:35 AM SCIENCE AND RESILIENCY: THE SCIENTIST, THE AGENCY, AND THE REALITY: WEAVER, Craig S., U.S. Geological Survey, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, craig@ess.washington.edu
74-59:50 AM COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY TO TSUNAMIS IN THE U.S. PACIFIC NORTHWEST: WOOD, Nathan J., Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100, Bldg. 10, Vancouver, WA 98683, nwood@usgs.gov
74-610:05 AM CHALLENGES TO VOLCANIC RISK MITIGATION: EWERT, John W., Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Vancouver, WA 98683, jwewert@usgs.gov
74-710:20 AM ENVISIONING AND PREPARING FOR A LANDSLIDE CATASTROPHE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: CLAGUE, John, Earth Science, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Barnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, clague@sfu.ca and BURNS, Scott, Department of Geology, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, burnss@pdx.edu
 10:35 AM Panel Discussion: Building Resilience in the Pacific Northwest
74-810:50 AM SURVIVING FUTURE DISASTERS IN NEW ZEALAND: CURRENT RESEARCH AND POLICY DIRECTIONS: JOHNSTON, David, Joint Centre for Disaster Research, GNS Science/Massey University, PO Box 30 368, Lower Hutt 5040 New Zealand, david.johnston@gns.cri.nz
74-911:15 AM LEVERAGING THE ROLE OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS TO PROMOTE DISASTER RESILIENCE AS A CORNERSTONE OF COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY: A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE: WILSON, Jay, Emergency Management, Clackamas County, 2200 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, jaywilson@co.clackamas.or.us
 11:40 AM Closing Discussion (Q&A): Priorities and Opportunities on the Ring of Fire

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