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Workshop # 2 IHRM Probability of Natural Hazards Workshop, to be held on April 29th at the AECOM - Raleigh/Durham office in Cary, NC. 

GTM is hosting workshops to develop specific approaches for the numerous components comprising natural hazard risk assessments and mitigation. Additionally, workshops are being held to receive peer review feedback on the proposed approaches that are developed for IHRM. During these workshops, GTM is engaging experts in the appropriate fields from across the nation.

Workshop Information 
IHRM Probability of Natural Hazards 
April 29, 2010 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 
AECOM, 3333 Regency Parkway, Cary, NC 27518

The purpose of this workshop is to:
• Ensure proposed methods for identifying non-flood natural hazards that may impact the state and establishing probability: of these hazards impacting people and property are based on best available data and represent current practices.
• Discuss applicability of proposed methods to for identifying hazards nationwide and not just in North Carolina.
• Discuss appropriateness of communicating quantified probability to the public and/or stakeholders.

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Workshop # 1 - IHRM Indirect Loss Estimation Approach Workshop, to be held on February 24th at the URS Corporation - Raleigh/Durham office in Morrisville, NC. 

GTM is hosting workshops to develop specific approaches for the numerous components comprising natural hazard risk assessments and mitigation. Additionally, workshops are being held to receive peer review feedback on the proposed approaches that are developed for IHRM. During these workshops, GTM is engaging experts in the appropriate fields from across the nation.

Workshop Information 
IHRM Indirect Loss Estimation Approach 
February 24, 2010 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 
at URS Corporation, 1600 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 400, Morrisville, NC 27560

The purpose of this workshop is to:

•     Establish a general framework for conducting indirect economic loss estimation for all natural hazard types within IHRM 
•     Propose methodologies and models for calculating indirect losses (including special considerations for specific hazard types or economic and critical infrastructure and key resources sectors) 
•     Define how this framework will be integrated with the direct economic loss modeling frameworks for each hazard 
•     Propose approaches for integrating the concept of the Urban Vulnerability Index or other resiliency related methodologies within the general indirect economic loss estimation framework.

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