DRC is a core
member of MCEER, a multi-university
consortium
that conducts research on earthquake loss
reduction issues
and strategies from a range of disciplinary
perspectives.
The MCEER consortium, based at the State
University
of New York at Buffalo, is funded by a 5-year,
$10 million
grant from the National Science Foundation. In
addition to
the World Trade Center study outlined above,
other MCEER-sponsored
projects conducted by DRC
include the
following:
Loss
Estimation Methodologies
Impediments
and Incentives for the Rehabilitation of Critical Facilities
Use
of New Technologies in Emergency Management
Measures
of Community Resilience
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