Land Use Management and Regulation in Hazardous Areas - A Research Assessment

The Assessment of Research on Natural Hazards is intended to serve two purposes: (1) it provides a more nearly balanced and comprehensive basis for judging the probable social utility of allocation of funds and personnel of various types of research on natural hazards; (2) it stimulates, in the process, a more systematic appraisal of research needs by scientific investigators in cooperation with the users of their findings.