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<br />PSOO-4 <br /> <br />Susan L. Cutter <br />Hazards Research Lab e <br />Department of Geography <br />University of South Carolina <br />Columbia, SC 29208 <br />Phone: 803-777-1699 <br />e-mail: scutter@sc.edu <br /> <br />Recent Activities of the Hazards Research Lab at the <br />University of South Carolina <br /> <br />Established in 1995, the Hazards Research Lab is a research and training facility that <br />specializes in the application of geographic information science to environmental hazards <br />analysis and management. Lab projects are set within the context of the University of South <br />Carolina's nationally-recognized Geography Department. There are seven faculty associates and <br />seven graduate students currently affiliated with the HRL. Twelve theses and dissertations have <br />been completed by lab affiliates. In addition to research and training, the HRL has an active <br />outreach program that provides technical expertise to state and local governmental agencies. The <br />Hazards Research Lab also houses the editorial offices of the journal Environmental Hazards <br />(published by Elsevier) an international research journal addressing the human and policy <br />dimensions of hazards. Susan Cutter (Director of the Hazards Research Lab) and James K. <br />Mitchell (Rutgers University) are co-editors, <br /> <br />Some of the current projects include: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I. An investigation of the social and spatial inequities in the distribution of hazard events and <br />losses by county for the entire US; <br /> <br />2. An assessment of Hurricane Floyd evacuation behavior of South Carolina residents based on <br />a sample of coastal residents; longitudinal analysis of the evacuation decisions of Horry <br />County residents, and a survey of the emergency planning priorities of local elected officials; <br /> <br />3. A hazardous materials capability assessment designed to quantify hazardous materials <br />transport through the state including origin and destination data; <br /> <br />4. A joint research effort with Penn State University to understand how water managers use climate <br />forecast information in their decision making. <br /> <br />5. A web-based atlas of toxic risks for South Carolina; <br /> <br />6. Completion of the 2nd Assessment project on the geographic and temporal patterns of hazard <br />events and losses for the Joseph Henry Press entitled American Hazardscapes: The <br />Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters. <br /> <br />For further information, contact the Hazards Research Lab by snail mail (above), phone <br />(803-777-1699), fax (803-777-4972), e-mail (uschrl@ecotopia.geog.sc.edu), or on the Web: _ <br />http://www.c1a.sc.edulgeoglhrllhome.html.. <br /> <br />k:~ <br />