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National Seismic Hazard Map Usability Study

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By Science Application for Risk Reduction January 1, 2016

How can we better communicate seismic hazards to non-scientists?

The NSHM provide a broad view of earthquake ground shaking hazard across the Nation. To date, the main user group has been engineers working with earthquake building codes. The SAFRR Cadre of Relevant Experts (CORE) is helping the NSHM team to make maps for new users who need NSHM for planning, risk reduction, and education.

As part of this effort, social scientists Chris Zarcadoolas and Wendy Vaughon conducted a usability study, sitting down to discuss certain NSHM products, one-on-one, with potential users in state and local government and emergency management.

See NSHM Usability Study

How can we better communicate seismic hazards to non-scientists?

The NSHM provide a broad view of earthquake ground shaking hazard across the Nation. To date, the main user group has been engineers working with earthquake building codes. The SAFRR Cadre of Relevant Experts (CORE) is helping the NSHM team to make maps for new users who need NSHM for planning, risk reduction, and education.

As part of this effort, social scientists Chris Zarcadoolas and Wendy Vaughon conducted a usability study, sitting down to discuss certain NSHM products, one-on-one, with potential users in state and local government and emergency management.

See NSHM Usability Study

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