Proceedings of a Tri-Lateral Workshop on Natural Hazards : Sam Jakes Inn, Merrickville, Canada, Feb. 11-14, 1995

This workshop was motivated by the need to explore how other countries view hazards & attempt to deal with them. Its goals were: to foster networking between scientists from NAFTA countries working on issues related to natural hazards risk assessment; to identify methodological problems, & propose workable solutions or pathways towards resolution; to explore international needs; to identify the organizational & funding infrastructures which will nourish risk assessment activities, & to outline mechanisms to access them; & to develop a plan & a set of action items that will further the field of natural hazards risk assessment.Etkin, David is the author of 'Proceedings of a Tri-Lateral Workshop on Natural Hazards : Sam Jakes Inn, Merrickville, Canada, Feb. 11-14, 1995', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788182525 and ISBN 0788182528.