Volume 15, No. 3 (November 1997)

Preface

PART ONE: An Assessment of Existing Research

Hazard Adjustments and Their Consequences
Stakeholders and Their Interrelationships
Individual Adoption and Hazard Applications
Informal Social Processes
Organizational Processes
Economic Market Processes
Governmental Processes
Legal Processes




PART TWO: An Assessment of Strategies

Adjustment Through Hazard Awareness Programs
Adjustment Through Sanctions




PART THREE: Findings and Recommendations




References


NOTE: This special issue represents the report of the Committee on Adoption and Implementation of natural Hazard Adjustments, working as part of the Second Assessment of Research on Natural Hazards, conducted at the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. Members of the committee were:

Michael K. Lindell, Chair
Texas A&M University

Daniel Alesch
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Patricia A. Bolton
Battelle Human Research Affairs Centers

Marjorie R. Greene
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

Larry A. Larson
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Rocky Lopes
American Red Cross

Peter J. May
University of Washington

John-Paul Mulilis
Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus

Sarah Nathe
California Office of Emergency Preparedness-Earthquake Program

Joanne M. Nigg
University of Delaware Disaster Research Center

Risa Palm
University of Oregon

Pamela Pate
University of Texas, Austin

Ronald W. Perry
Arizona State University

John Pine
Louisiana State University

Susan K. Tubbesing
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

David J. Whitney
California State University, Long Beach