Crowding the Rim: Global Consequences of Natural Hazards

Comprehensive Unit128 pagesGrade Level: High School – Community CollegePublished 2002Includes curriculum unit + 16 color transparencies + CD-ROM In August 2001, a group of natural and social scientists, business and industry leaders, educators, emergency managers, representatives from non-governmental organizations, and government officials from throughout the Pacific Rim met at Stanford University for a meeting about natural hazards in the Pacific Rim entitled Crowding the Rim Summit. The summit was a component of the Crowding the Rim Initiative, an international, public–private partnership sponsored by the American Red Cross, Circum-Pacific Council, Stanford University, and the United States Geological Survey. The mission of the Crowding the Rim Initiative is to examine the growing economic and societal consequences of hazards associated with natural hazards in the Pacific Rim. The concepts presented at the summit emphasize the extent to which natural hazards affect the entire