American Society of Civil Engineers

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ASCE is a worldwide leader for excellence in civil engineering. With a mission to advance professional knowledge and improve the practice of civil engineering, ASCE is a focal point for the development and transfer of research results, and technical policy and managerial information. Through strategic emphasis in key areas, including infrastructure renewal and development, policy leadership and professional development, ASCE delivers the highest quality publications, programs and services to its worldwide membership, demonstrating a daily commitment to sustaining the profession.

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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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23 June 2021

If mitigation saves $6 per every $1 spent, then why are we not investing more? A Louisiana perspective on a national issue

This paper provides an accounting of where and when mitigation and recovery investments have occurred in Louisiana, thereby generating a mitigation investment portfolio for the state.

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4 February 2019

Lessons from California’s 2012–2016 drought

This paper summarizes the magnitude and impacts of the 2012–2016 California drought. It then reviews innovations arising from the drought in the larger historical context of water management in California.

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14 September 2016

Disaster preparedness in homeless residential organizations in Los Angeles County: Identifying needs, assessing gaps

This publication presents the results from an evaluation of the perceptions of Los Angeles nonprofit homeless residential service providers and community-based organisations (CBOs) regarding the likely impacts of a disaster on their clients and op

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13 September 2016

Using climate forecasts across a state’s emergency management network

This paper examines the application by emergency managers in rural areas of forecasts of El Niño and other seasonal climate events, in the state of Oregon (United States of America) to (1) improve the understanding of how diffuse networks can help

Meetings and conferences

In person

13 July 2014 - 16 July 2014

Liverpool

Second international conference on vulnerability and risk analysis and management (ICVRAM2014) & sixth international symposium on uncertainty modelling and analysis (ISUMA2014)

ASCE-ICVRAM-ISUMA provides a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of knowledge and expertise, in the Quantification, Mitigation and Management of Risk and Uncertainty, and in Decision Making.

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In person

19 May 2013 - 22 May 2013

Cincinnati, OH

World environmental and water resources congress 2013: 'Showcasing the future'

With continuing economic stresses, developing technologies and emerging requirements facing them, the water resources practitioner today has a tremendous need to understand and plan for the technologies of tomorrow, to build for the things that ar

Meetings and conferences

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20 October 2011 - 22 October 2011

Memphis, Tennessee

141st ASCE Annual civil engineering conference

Context: Our world is rapidly changing, presenting new challenges in globalization, local and national economies, and the sustainability of our planet.

Meetings and conferences

In person

21 October 2010 - 23 October 2010

Nevada, Las Vegas

140th ASCE Annual civil engineering conference

Today’s civil engineers: Innovating a dynamic future