2007 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California Online Program

Paper Session: 2236 Perspectives on Assessing Societal Vulnerability to Natural Hazards is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/18/07, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Union Square 13, SF Hilton Sponsorship(s): Hazards Specialty Group Organizer(s): Nathan Wood - United States Geological Survey Rachel Sleeter - United States Geological Survey Chair(s): Nathan Wood - United States Geological Survey Abstract(s):   10:00 AM   Author(s): *Nathan J. Wood - United States Geological Survey  Abstract Title: Application of midresolution landcover information to estimate community vulnerability: A case study of tsunami hazards on the Oregon coast 10:20 AM   Author(s): *Rachel Sleeter - United States Geological Survey  Abstract Title: Dasymetric Mapping for Estimating Populations Exposed to Natural Disasters 10:40 AM   Author(s): Nathan Wood, PhD - United States Geological Survey *Tim G Frazier - The Pennsylvania State University Alyssia Church - The Pennsylvania State University Brent Yarnal, PhD - The Pennsylvania State University  Abstract Title: GIS-based assessment of community exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards along the Hawaiian coast 11:00 AM   Author(s): *Brent Yarnal - Penn State University  Abstract Title: Vulnerability Assessments of the Future—The Case of Hurricane Storm Surge 11:20 AM   Author(s): *David L. Halsing, M.S. - U.S. Geological Survey - Western Geographic Science Center  Abstract Title: System Modeling as a Decision Support Tool for Managing Water Resource Vulnerability in a Southern California Watershed Session Description: With the recent disasters in the Indian Ocean and along the U.S. gulf coast, reducing potential losses from hazards in coastal communities promises to be one of the critical issues of the 21st century. To reduce potential losses, public- and private-sector decisionmakers and practitioners must understand their vulnerability to natural hazards. This session will review innovative geospatial methods and tools being developed to characterize and communicate societal vulnerability to hazards, with specific focus on coastal communities.

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