The meeting was the result of the Natural Disaster Reduction Initiative that was added to the U.S.-Japan Common Agenda for Cooperation in the Global Perspective adopted by President Clinton and Prime Minister Hashimoto in April 1996. They also agreed to form a working group to promote and encourage implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the first symposium. The Tasmanian Engineering Lifelines Project Loss of essential services, such as power, water, sewerage, road infrastructure, and communications, is a major inhibitor to community recovery following an emergency. School of Continuing Studies now offers a 30 semester-hour certificate program in emergency services management. The Rochester Institute of Technology has announced that it will offer a bachelor's concentration in emergency management as part of the applied arts and sciences program in its College of Continuing Education.
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