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Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix E: The Stakeholder Forum
Pages 171-172

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... The posted form was visited 330 times. The 31 comments received ranged from the general for example, "NEES should consider collaborating with practicing design engineers to develop simple, reliable, economical systems for retrofitting the built environment" to extremely specific "The structural engineering profession has pressing need to fully understand the global system behavior of steel braced frames in response to earthquake forces." Although 91 percent of all visitors came from the United States, there were international visitors from 15 different countries, with multiple visits from Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, lapan, and Taiwan.
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... This will require the integration of earth science, engineering, planning, the social and policy sciences, emergency management, and public and business administration. The existence of effective loss estimation and loss prevention techniques that can be readily visualized will help make clear the significance of earthquake risks to all decision makers, including homeowners, business owners, utilities managers, emergency managers, and public officials and, most important, will enable them to develop and implement their own strategies for preventing earthquake disasters.
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