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Author:
Meade, Charles.
Title:
Assessing federal research and development for hazard loss reduction / Charles Meade, Megan Abbott.
Publisher:
RAND,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
xviii, 65 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Natural disasters--United States.
Emergency management--Research--United States.
Environmental risk assessment--United States.
Earthquakes--United States.
Other Authors:
Abbott, Megan.
Science and Technology Policy Institute (Rand Corporation)
Notes:
"MR-1734-OSTP". "Prepared for the Office of Science and Technology Policy." "Science and Technology Policy Institute." Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-65).
Contents:
The federal response to the problem -- The role of federal R&D in hazard loss reduction -- Our approach -- Quantifying R&D for hazard loss reduction -- Identifying R&D funds -- Analysis criteria: isolating hazard loss R&D -- Characterizing the R&D effort -- Types of R&D programs that contribute to hazard loss -- Reduction -- Funding distribution by program type -- Assessing program impact -- Overall assessments -- The policy challenge for hazard loss R&D -- The missing metric -- The human factor -- The implementation gap -- The current R&D payoff -- Key steps for policymakers -- Summary and conclusions -- The contribution of R&D to hazard loss reduction -- What are we asking of R&D? -- What are we asking of hazard loss R&D?
ISBN:
9780833034427 (pbk.)
0833034421 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)52458898
LCCN:
2003013083
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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