"STAKEHOLDER THEORY" . . "RISK EVALUATION" . . "RISK COMMUNICATION" . . "MODELS" . . . . "RESILIENCE" . . "NATURAL HAZARDS" . . "RISK" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards"@en . . "Research at the USGS Western Geographic Science Center"@en . "Research at the USGS Western Geographic Science Center" . "Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards" . . . . . . "Natural hazards threaten the safety and economic wellbeing of communities. These hazards include sudden-onset hazards, such as earthquakes, and slowly emerging, chronic hazards, such as those associated with climate change. To help public officials, emergency and other managers, the business community, and at-risk individuals reduce the risks posed by such hazards, the USGS Western Geographic Science Center is developing new ways to assess and communicate societal risk and resilience to catastrophic and chronic natural hazards."@en . . "VULNERABILITY" . .