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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 2007–1255

Increasing Resiliency to Natural Hazards—A Strategic Plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California

By Lucy Jones, Richard Bernknopf, Susan Cannon, Dale A. Cox, Len Gaydos, Jon Keeley, Monica Kohler, Homa Lee, Daniel Ponti, Stephanie Ross, Steven Schwarzbach, Michael Shulters, A. Wesley Ward, and Anne Wein

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Table of Contents

Acronyms

Executive Summary

Vision, Mission, and Objectives

Statement of Problem

Project Principles

First-Year Goals

Potential Out-Year Goals

Partnerships and Collaborations

Governance

Metrics of Progress

Appendix A—FY 2007 Implementation Plan

Appendix B—Proposed FY 2007 Funding Allocation

Appendix C—Potential Partners and Collaborators

Figures

Figure 1. Shaded relief map of southern California showing geographical extent and overlap of different hazards.

Figure 2. Guiding framework for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project.

Figure 3. Relationships among the Southern California Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project working groups (MHDP), their research and interface priorities and products, and the end users, partners, and collaborators.

Tables

Table 1. Secondary hazard triggering events.

Table 2. Personnel and funding for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) in southern California—FY 2007.

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