SGER: DHS and NSF Collaboration: Creating an Archive of Preparedness and Homeland Security Survey Data

SGER：国土安全部和国家科学基金会合作：创建备灾和国土安全调查数据档案

• 批准号: 0651287
• 负责人: Gary LaFree
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2009-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0651287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; DHS; NSF; Collaboration; Creating

SES- 0651287Gary LaFreeUniversity of Maryland, College Park The significant and lasting effects of high consequence events, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and large-scale accidents call for a concentrated effort at increasing the understanding of terrorism, preparedness and recovery. A diverse history of research exists in these areas both nationally and internationally. However, this information has not been compiled into an accessible and searchable data archive to be available for research activities. Compiling the long history and recent research in these areas may show that studies overlap, contradict, or support each other. For instance, research in communication, psychology, sociology, emergency response, political science, civil engineering, medicine, and other fields may have examined similar issues but have not brought these fields together. It is vital that this information be integrated to help improve understanding of terrorism and preparedness and response planning for future high consequence events. Various individuals and programs have collected survey data from respondents in the United States and elsewhere that provides insights into attitudes toward terrorism, perceptions of threat and risk as well as perceptions of individual and institutional preparedness for disasters of all types. This project develops a mechanism that will make these survey data more accessible to researchers and policy makers. More specifically, it creates an archive of national and international survey data related to homeland security and preparedness. It will be constructed using a meta-data classification system to facilitate the integration of data collected in different contexts. Specifically, it will:(1) Serve as a clearinghouse for academics as well as homeland security officials interested in better understanding individual beliefs about terrorism, security and preparedness. The archive will be accessible to a range of audiences via the internet and in several formats.(2) Expand the nature and types of hypotheses related to homeland security and preparedness that can be examined. For example, comparisons of individual levels of risk perception could be conducted using data collected in different geographic regions and/or during distinct time periods. Such comparisons could help us understand the determinants of risk in a variety of contexts.(3) Facilitate the generation of future surveys, especially rapid-response survey tools. As researchers continue to construct new survey tools, they will be able to easily review the data archives to identify useful questions from earlier instruments.

SES- 0651287Gary LaFree 马里兰大学学院公园分校 恐怖袭击、自然灾害和大规模事故等高后果事件的重大和持久影响要求集中努力提高对恐怖主义、防备和恢复的了解。国内外这些领域的研究历史悠久。然而，这些信息尚未被编译成可访问和可搜索的数据档案以供研究活动使用。汇编这些领域的悠久历史和最新研究可能会表明研究相互重叠、矛盾或相互支持。 例如，传播学、心理学、社会学、应急响应、政治学、土木工程、医学和其他领域的研究可能已经研究了类似的问题，但尚未将这些领域结合在一起。至关重要的是，整合这些信息有助于提高对恐怖主义的了解以及对未来严重后果事件的准备和响应规划。各种个人和项目从美国和其他地方的受访者那里收集了调查数据，这些数据提供了对恐怖主义的态度、对威胁和风险的看法以及个人和机构对各种类型灾难的准备情况的看法。该项目开发了一种机制，使研究人员和政策制定者更容易获取这些调查数据。更具体地说，它创建了与国土安全和备灾相关的国家和国际调查数据档案。它将使用元数据分类系统构建，以促进在不同背景下收集的数据的集成。具体来说，它将：(1) 充当有兴趣更好地了解个人对恐怖主义、安全和防备的信念的学者和国土安全官员的信息交换所。一系列受众可以通过互联网以多种格式访问该档案。(2) 扩展可检验的与国土安全和备灾相关的假设的性质和类型。例如，可以使用在不同地理区域和/或在不同时间段收集的数据来进行个人风险感知水平的比较。这种比较可以帮助我们了解各种情况下风险的决定因素。（3）促进未来调查的生成，特别是快速反应调查工具。随着研究人员继续构建新的调查工具，他们将能够轻松审查数据档案，以识别早期仪器中的有用问题。