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Dr. Robert S. Chen
Director
CIESIN
Senior Research Scientist

Earth Institute Affiliate:
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

work: 845-365-8952
fax: 845-365-8922
e-mail1: bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu
e-mail2: rsc32@columbia.edu
web: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
Address:
201 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
Keywords: Environment And Security , Food Security , Human Dimensions of Global Change , Science Data Management , Sustainable Development
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User ID: 136
Last Modified: 02-18-2011
Projects:
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Identification of Global Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Africa, Asia, Earth, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: China, Earth, Mexico, United States of America

Web Feature Service for Government Units and Population of the Northeast U.S.
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Poverty Mapping and Millennium Development Goals Support
Dr. Robert Chen / Mr. Marc Levy
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: Africa, Asia, South America
Special Locations: Central America

Metadata Training for Public Health Records Data
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Identification of Global Disaster Risk Hotspots
Maxx Dilley

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Earth
Publications:
- "Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis,"by Chen, R. S., with Lerner-Lam, A. , Lyon, B. , Yetman, G. G., Uwe Deichmann, Margaret Arnold, Jonathan Agwe, Piet Buys, Oddvar Kjekstad, The World Bank, Disaster Risk Management Series No. 5, 132 pp., Washington, DC, March 2005 ISBN:0-8213-5930-4[Abstract]
- "Cooperative Design, Development, and Management of Interdisciplinary Data to Support the Global Environmental Change Research Community,"by Chen, R. S., with Downs, R. R., Haworth Press, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 5-19, Fourth Quarter 2003 ISSN:0194-262X[Abstract]
- "Global Spatial Data and Information: Development, Dissemination and Use,"by Chen, R. S., with De Sherbinin, A. M., CIESIN, 42 pp., Palisades, NY, First Quarter 2005[Abstract]
- "Natural and Conflict Related Hazards in Asia-Pacific: Risk assessment and mitigation measures for natural and conflict related hazards in Asia Pacific,"by Chen, R. S., with Lyon, B. , Nadim, F. ;Smebye, H. ;Løvholt, F. ;Kjekstad, O. ;Kalsnes, B, Yetman, G., United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA Regional Office for Asia and th, NGI Report 200071600-1, 2009
- "Toward implementation of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems data sharing principles.,"by Chen, R. S., with Gabrynowicz, Uhlir, P.F.and K. Janssen, Journal of Space Law, 35 (1):201–290, 2009
- "Toward Implementation of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems Data Sharing Principles,"by Chen, R. S., with Paul F. Uhlir, Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Data Science Journal, Vol. 8, pp.GEO1-GEO91, 7 October, 2009
- "Book Review: A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming,"by Chen, R. S., Environ Health Perspect 119:a182-a182. doi:10.1289/ehp.119-a182, Winter 2011
- "Organizational Needs for Managing andPreserving Geospatial Data and Related Electronic Records.,"by Downs, R. R., with Chen, R. S., Data ScienceJournal, 4, 31 December 2005, 255-271, 25 January 2006 ISSN:1683-1470
- "Designing submission and workflow services for preserving interdisciplinary scientific data,"by Downs, R. R., with Chen, R. S., Earth Science Informatics, 3(1):101–110, 2010[Abstract]
- "Self-Assessment of a Long-Term Archive for Interdisciplinary Scientific Data as a Trustworthy Digital Repository,"by Downs, R. R., with Chen, R. S., Journal of Digital Information, 11(1), 2010[Abstract]


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