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Natural Hazards Review  Act Now to Become a Charter Subscriber See first issue online free! ONLINE ACCESS

Aims and Scope
ASCE's new Natural Hazards Review provides innovative and practical solutions to the problems and challenges faced by all sectors of the hazards community - including government, academia, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.  Articles containing detailed case studies are complimented by ones reporting original research findings to describe both practical projects and the latest cutting-edge knowledge on significant hazards issues.

This is the first cross-disciplinary journal to bring together engineering, the regulatory and policy environments and the social, behavioral and physical sciences to natural hazards loss and cost reduction.  Extending well beyond the boundaries of one traditional discipline, it serves as a forum for holistic approaches to natural hazards mitigation.

Who Should Subscribe
Civil Engineers, geologists, scientists and researchers involved in various aspects of construction will find the broad scope of the journal helpful for developing design strategies to mitigate natural hazards.  In addition, economists, policy makers, psychologists and social scientists involved in the effects of natural hazards - before, during, and after their occurrence - will find the journal to be a comprehensive guide for the latest research and applications in the field.

The Journal is published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and was formed by its Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (CNDR).  To properly address all issues related to natural hazards, ASCE formed an alliance with the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  The Journal is co-sponsored by the CNDR of ASCE and the Natural Hazards Center at Boulder.  The journal publishes original peer-reviewed papers on every aspect of loss reduction.

Engineering topics --

• Characterization of hazard forces
• Planning, design, construction, maintenance, performance, and use of structures in the physical environment
• Physical properties of materials
• Devices and components
• Methods of analysis
• Management
• Demolition and recovery
• Rehabilitation, retrofit, and modification
• Evaluation of structural integrity

• Development regulations
• Building standards
• Property acquisition
• Public facilities policies
• Taxation
• Role of financial markets and insurance
• Indirect economic losses from hazards
• Zoning for hazard loss reduction
• Government roles in hazard mitigation
• Risk perception
• Adjusting society to environment
• Post-traumatic stress disorder