NH21D:
Developing and Implementing a Science Communication Strategy for a Disaster II (Half Session)


Session ID#: 11121

Session Description:
After the Canterbury earthquakes, scientists reported that they were reactive rather than strategic; it was challenging to incorporate science into communications and play an effective role within the disaster management system (e.g., http://3icudr.org/images/Extended_Abstracts/Breakout_3/Track_2/4-AftershockForecastCommunicationforRiskReductioninUrbanAreas.pdf). The L’Aquila trials brought to the world’s attention that science plays an important role in disaster risk management, but communication of that science can go wrong (e.g., https://medium.com/matter/the-aftershocks-7966d0cdec66).  Science communication includes communicating probabilities and risks, but encompasses other aspects:  How should limited science resources be used for crisis and risk communication?  Who are the priority audiences? Do disaster management frameworks facilitate scientific input? Who should deliver science communications? Is there coordination with health and safety communications? What needs to be done in advance to improve the efficiency and effectiveness with which science can inform decision-making throughout the phases of a disaster?  We invite lessons learned from research or practice on this topic  for any type of disaster.
Primary Convener:  Anne M Wein, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Moffett Field, United States
Conveners:  Ann Bostrom, University of Washington - Seattle, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, Seattle, WA, United States and Matt Gerstenberger, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Chairs:  Anne M Wein, USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Sara McBride, Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand
OSPA Liaison:  Matt Gerstenberger, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Cross-Listed:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

4334 Disaster risk communication [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4352 Interaction between science and disaster management authorities [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Reflections on Communicating Science during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence of 2010-2011, New Zealand (Invited) (66078)
Kelvin R Berryman1, Gillian Elizabeth Jolly1, Hannah L Brackley2 and Ken R Gledhill3, (1)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (2)GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)GNS Science, Wellington, New Zealand
Scientific and non-scientific challenges for Operational Earthquake Forecasting (Invited) (62381)
Warner Marzocchi, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy
A 30-year history of earthquake crisis communication in California and lessons for the future (Invited) (58374)
Lucile Jones, USGS, Pasadena, United States
A Strategy of Dialogue for Communicating Hazard and Risk Information Between the Science and Emergency Management Sectors (65339)
Richard Karl Eisner, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CLEARINGHOUSE: ADVOCATING FOR, AND ADVANCING, COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY INTEROPERABILITY, BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNITIES, TO PRODUCE ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND DECISION SUPPORT (67966)
Anne Rosinski1, Phil Beilin2, Jonathan Colwell3, Michael Hornick3, Margaret T Glasscoe4, James Morentz5, Svetlana Smorodinsky6, Anne Millington7, Ken W Hudnut8, Paul Penn9, Maggie Ortiz10, Marie Kennedy11, Kate Long12, Kevin Miller13 and Megan Stromberg14, (1)California Geological Survey Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)City of Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek, CA, United States, (3)Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX, Oakland, CA, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States, (5)JWMorentz LLC, Bethesda, MD, United States, (6)California Department of Public Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, Richmond, CA, United States, (7)California Department of Public Health, Enterprise GIS Technology Services, Sacramento, CA, United States, (8)USGS, Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States, (9)California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board, Emergency Management and Refinery Safety, Sacramento, CA, United States, (10)Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, CA, United States, (11)San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center, Geospatial Intelligence, San Diego, CA, United States, (12)Cal EMA, Pasadena, CA, United States, (13)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Francisco, CA, United States, (14)California National Guard, Joint Forces Headquarters, Sacramento, CA, United States

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