Communication to mitigate disasters.

By:

Butler, David L

Contributor(s):

Center for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Series: Policy research paper (Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies (South Melbourne, Vic.)) ; 16Publication details: JUL 1991Description: 38p., 15 refs, 3 appendicesISSN:

10342117

Report number: CommercialSubject: Useful social science research results were not being transmitted to local hazard managers, planners, and other officials who needed such information. To meet this and other identified needs, in 1975 members of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado founded the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. The Center has acted as a clearing-house of hazards-related information for persons both within the U.S. and abroad. The Center's history and experience identify both successful approaches and serious problems involved in communication to mitigate disasters. The problems range from the persistent large gap that remains between researchers and practitioners, to larger questions of how to incorporate new technologies, synthesize information, communicate effectively, and actually effect changeSubject: Disaster communicationsSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Information centersSubject: Information exchangeSubject: Information management

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.4 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005265625
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.4 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005324132

Useful social science research results were not being transmitted to local hazard managers, planners, and other officials who needed such information. To meet this and other identified needs, in 1975 members of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado founded the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. The Center has acted as a clearing-house of hazards-related information for persons both within the U.S. and abroad. The Center's history and experience identify both successful approaches and serious problems involved in communication to mitigate disasters. The problems range from the persistent large gap that remains between researchers and practitioners, to larger questions of how to incorporate new technologies, synthesize information, communicate effectively, and actually effect change

Disaster communications

Disaster research

Information centers

Information exchange

Information management

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