Appendix A
Acronyms
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAG Association of American Geographers
AAG GCLP Association of American Geographers Global Change and Local Places
ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments
APA American Planning Association
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASFPM Association of State Floodplain Managers
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CAT Computerized Axial Tomography
CATI Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing
CERT Community Emergency Response Training
CMS Civil and Mechanical Systems
CPE Complex Political Emergency
CSEPP Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
CTA Call-to-Action
DEM Division of Emergency Management
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DMA 2000 Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
DOD Department of Defense
DOI Department of the Interior
DRC Disaster Research Center
DRSS Disaster Research in the Social Sciences
EERC Earthquake Engineering Research Center
EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
EMI Emergency Management Institute
EMON Emergent Multi-Organizational Network
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EOP Executive Office of the President
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EqTAP Development of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Technologies and Their Integration for the Asia-Pacific Region
ETE Evacuation Time Estimate
FDAA Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIRESCOPE Firefighting Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies
GAO Government Accountability Office
GIS Geographic Information System
GNP Gross National Product
GPS Global Positioning Sysetm
HBCU Historically Black College and University
HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
HRL Hazards Research Lab
HRRC Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
HSAS Homeland Security Advisory System
HSD Human and Social Dynamics
HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive
HVA Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
IBHS Institute for Business and Home Safety
ICS Incident Command System
IDNDR International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IDR Interdisciplinary Research
IFRC International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRB Institutional Review Board
IRCD International Research Committee on Disasters
ISA International Sociological Association
ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
LA RED Network of Social Studies in Disaster Prevention
LAC-DHS Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
LFE Learning from Earthquakes Program
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LTER Long-Term Ecological Research
MAE Mid-America Earthquake Center
MCEER Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NAPA National Academy of Public Administration
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCEER National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
NCHM National Center for Hazards Mitigation
NEES Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
NEXRAD Next Generation Radar
NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
NGO Nongovernmental Organization
NHRAIC Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
NIBS National Institute of Building Sciences
NIMS National Incident Management System
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NSC National Security Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NSN Neighborhood Survival Network
NVOAD National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
NWS National Weather Service
NWSCA National Water and Soil Conservation Authority
OES Office of Emergency Services
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PDD Presidential Disaster Declaration
PEER Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
PEPPER Pre-Earthquake Planning for Post-Earthquake Rebuilding
PERI Public Entity Research Institute
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
REU Research Experience for Undergraduates
RSAI Regional Science Association International
SARS Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SCEC Southern California Earthquake Center
SCEPP Southern California Earthquake Preparedness Project
SGER Small Grants for Exploratory Research
SHELDUS Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States
SME Subject Matter Expert
STIM School of Travel Industry Management
TSA Transportation Security Administration
UCC United Church of Christ
UCLA University of California, Los Angeles
UNCED UN Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
USC University of South Carolina
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WCED World Commission on Economic Development
