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Here's the latest from DISASTER RESEARCH  August 31, 1992

                DISASTER RESEARCH 98
                 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1)  An Information Request from the Netherlands
2)  Interagency Group to Re-Examine California Earthquake Risk
3)  Hospital Disaster Preparedness Project Launched in Caribbean
4)  U.N. Center for Environmental Assistance
5)  U.S. Natural Disaster Awareness Day to be Launched in 11 Schools
6)  Two Recent Grants of Note
7)  Meetings

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         An Information Request from the Netherlands

To all researchers in mass media:
At the moment I am planning to study mass media coverage of the global
warming/greenhouse effect in both europe and the USA during the next 2 years.
I am particularly interested in American nationwide daily newspapers and prime
time television news. In Europe I can manage to analyse media contents 'on the
spot'. US media is a problem. I could subscribe to US newspapers or buy them
everyday at the newsstand, but this will be too expensive considering my
research budget.

Recently I came across a references to some US mass media indexes (which are
some kind of database I presume):
       the national newspaper index
       the popular magazine index
       the vanderbilt tv news and archive
I'm not able to find any information about these indexes on short notice on
this side of the Ocean. My question to anyone who has had some experience with
any of these databases is to give me some information or to indicate in which
way I could learn more them. More specifically I am interested to learn what
kind of data is contained in these databases, are they available in print or
electronic way, will I be able to use them from europe, etc. At which address
I could get more information?

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Jan Gutteling
Department of Psychology
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE
Enschede
the Netherlands

Gutteling%Psy%WMW@CIVP.UTWENTE.NL
Gutteling@utwente.nl

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        Interagency Group to Re-Examine California Earthquake Risk

Two large earthquakes that occurred in southern California on June 28 have
spurred the formation of an ad hoc working group to re-evaluate the
probabilities of large earthquakes in southern California. The group, composed
of 12 scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, the California Department of
Conservation, universities in California, and the Southern California
Earthquake Center (SCEC), will consider the implications of the Landers and
Big Bear earthquakes for future seismicity in southern California.

In announcing the formation of this group, Dallas Peck, USGS director, stated
that "many of us in the scientific community feel intuitively that [these
quakes have] increased the probability of large damaging earthquakes over the
next few years, be we can't ask public agencies or individual citizens to make
preparedness or emergency plans based on intuition. Instead we must provide
the best scientific review possible."

The group will present its initial conclusions in about two months for review
by the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) and the
California Earthquake Prediction Council (CEPEC) prior to providing the
information to government agencies and the general public. A second, more
detailed analysis will be available in about one year. Further information is
available from the California Earthquake Safety Information Center, 245 South
Los Robles, Pasadena, CA 91101, 1-800-286-7233.

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      Hospital Disaster Preparedness Project Launched in Caribbean

[Adapted from "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas" - a
newsletter of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)]

The Ministry of Cooperation and Development of France and PAHO have signed an
agreement to conduct a four-year project to assist six Organization of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS) member countries to respond collectively to
emergencies. The project, which is slated to begin this fall, will focus on
hospital disaster preparedness - including planning; interdepartmental,
interhospital, and interagency coordination; and predisaster mitigation. For
more information contact: Dr. Louis Bordonado, Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Project, c/o Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, P.O. Box 179, Castries,
St. Lucia.

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                 U.N. Center for Environmental Assistance

[Also adapted from "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas"]

The U.N. Center for Urgent Environmental Assistance (CUEA) is the result of
mounting concern in recent years over industrial accidents and their
transboundary effects. The center, created in 1991 under the U.N. Environment
Program, aims to respond rapidly to limit environmental damage caused by
disasters. CUEA has a small team of experts always on call that can use the
agency's resources to provide quick information on dangers and possible means
of intervention, and identify specialists and organizations worldwide who can
advise and, if requested, travel to the site of an accident. For complete
information, contact the U.N. Center for Urgent Environmental Assistance,
UNEP, Palais des Nations, 1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland.

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                    U.S. Natural Disaster Awareness Day
                        to be Launched in 11 Schools

October 14, 1992, marks Natural Disaster Awareness Day in the U.S. At least 12
federal agencies, working together with the American Red Cross and the
National Academy of Sciences, will launch a pilot disaster awareness program
on that day at 11 elementary schools in New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, California, and
Washington.

Students will learn about natural hazards and the steps they can take to be
prepared. Teams made up of local emergency managers, local Red Cross workers,
and federal counterparts will present a general overview of hazards in each
area and encourage students to prepare a family disaster plan and assemble a
disaster supply kit.

For more information, contact Susan Russell-Robinson, Natural Disaster
Awareness Day Working Group, National Academy of Sciences, Board on Natural
Disasters, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418, (202) 334-1964;
fax: (202) 334-3362.

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                   Two Recent Grants of Note

"Project ATMOSPHERE" (development of instructional materials on weather
for elementary and secondary education), National Science Foundation, $2.8
million, five years. Contact: American Meteorological Society (AMS), Ira W.
Geer, Project ATMOSPHERE, 1701 K Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC
20006.

"Setting Priorities for Managing Risks at the Community Level," Pugh
Foundation, $350,000, three years. Contact: Dominic Golding, Center for Risk
Management, Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street, N.W., Washington, DC
20036-1400, (202) 328-5060.

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                          Meetings

Regional Course on "Natural Hazard Management in Integrated Regional
Development Planning." Lima, Peru: September 14 - October 9, 1992. Contact:
Dr. A.A. Giesecke, Director CERESIS, Apartado 14-0363, Lima Peru; tel/fax: (51
14) 336750; telex: 20053 PE PB LIMTC.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Team Development. Sponsor:
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. Texas City, Texas:
September 18-19, 1992. Contact: International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation, 5018 Dorsey Hall Drive, Suite 104, Ellicott City, MD 21042, (410)
730-4311.

Business and Industry Conference on Earthquake Mitigation Strategies. Sponsor:
Earthquake Education Center, Charleston Southern University. Charleston, South
Carolina: September 15, 1992. Contact: Earthquake Education Center, Charleston
Southern University, 9200 University Boulevard, P.O. Box 10087, Charleston,
South Carolina 29411, (803) 863-8090; fax: (803) 863-7533.

Association of Contingency Planners, Utah Chapter, Third Annual Business
Recovery Symposium: "Contingency Planning for Business Recovery - Investment
in Experience." Salt Lake City, Utah: October 21, 1992. Contact: Milt Maughan,
Association of Contingency Planners, Utah Chapter, P.O. Box 11434, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84147- 0434, (801) 629-2407.

Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Annual Meeting. Incline Village,
Nevada: October 27-29, 1992. Contact: Craig M. dePolo, WSSPC Chairperson,
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno,
NV 89557-0088, (702) 784-6691.

National Earthquake Training Conference. Sponsors: Masonry Institute of
Tennessee, Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, and others. Jackson, Tennessee:
November 9-12, 1992. Contact: National Earthquake Training Conference, c/o
Masonry Institute of Tennessee, 1136 2nd Avenue North, Nashville, TN
37208-1702, (615) 244-3090; fax: (615) 242-7674.

Coastal Zone 93: Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Sponsors:
Coastal Zone Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, and others. New Orleans,
Louisiana: July 19-23, 1993. Contact: Orville Magoon or Gail Oakley, Coastal
Zone Conference Headquarters, P.O. Box 279, Middletown, CA 95461, (707)
987-0114; fax: (707) 987-9351.

International Congress on Geomorphological Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Sponsors: Association of Japanese Geographers and International Geophysical
Union. Tokyo, Japan: September 6-10, 1993. Contact: Prof. Masahiko Oya,
Department of Geography, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-50, Japan; phone/fax:
81-3-3208-2452.

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