Advances and Future Needs for Collaborative Networks for Natural Hazards and Disasters Research
Publication: ASCE Inspire 2023
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a summary of the research needs expressed during the 2022 Natural Hazards Research Summit. A key outcome of the summit was a strong call to build on the strengths of the existing research community to establish a network of long-term, interdisciplinary community test beds to drive the next era of discovery in natural hazards and community resilience research. The test beds would provide diversity in geographical region, hazard exposure, and population to enable a broad range of longitudinal studies on hazard impact, mitigation strategies, community engagement, risk communication, and the critical interplay between them. With sustained, multi-agency support, community test beds would engage engineers, social scientists, and community stakeholders to observe the long-term impacts of hazards, including the amplifying effects of climate change, and the evolution of recovery. Coupled with new and existing shared research infrastructure, test bed-generated data would enhance complementary experimental and simulation efforts while paving the way for effective deployment of technology solutions. Test beds would benefit from the scale of the operation; instrumentation, survey instruments, and data management tools would be standardized for efficient and repeatable deployment.
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