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• Weisbecker, L. W.; Stoneman, W. C.; Ackerman, S. E.
  Earthquake Prediction, Uncertainty, and Policies for the Future: A Technology Assessment of Earthquake Prediction.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1977, 311 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CRESS-19
  Keywords: Regional planning; Predictions; Technology assessment; Earthquake prediction; Attitudes; Risk analysis; Policies; Seismic risk; Earthquake warning systems; Earth movements; Disasters; Earthquake engineering; Risk; Earthquakes

• Kunreuther, H.; Ginsberg, R.; Miller, L.; Sagi, P.; Slovic, P.
  Disaster Insurance Protection, Public Policy Lessons.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., cJanuary 1978, 422 p.
  Keywords: ; Models; Attitudes; Insurance; Losses; Behavior; Motivation; Disasters; Risk; Floods; Hazards; Decision making; Protection; Earthquakes

• National Conference on Earthquakes and Related Hazards: Earthquake Prediction, Reaction and Response to Prediction, Hazard Reduction, Public Policy, Invitational Conference, 1977 Held at Boulder, Colorado on November 16-18, 1977.
  January 1977, 87 p.
  Keywords: Natural disasters; Earthquake prediction; Attitudes; Land use; Seismic risk; Fires; Earthquake engineering; Floods; Risk; Meetings; Hazards; Government policies; Tsunamis; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.; Kiecolt, J.
  Earthquake Threat: The Human Response in Southern California.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., cJanuary 1979, 159 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Statistical analysis; Uplifts; Human factors; Awareness; Hazards; Earthquakes; Anxiety; Geological faults; California; Forecasting; Threat evaluation; Los Angeles County (California); Warning systems; Local government; Southern California Uplift; Communities; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Surveys; Fear

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Six: Ethnic and Racial Differentials. Part Seven: Vulnerability Zones and Earthquake Subculture.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1981, 328 p.
  Keywords: ; Ethnic groups; Mass media; California; Attitudes; Public opinion; Behavior; Newsprint; Disasters; Negroes; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Eight: Grass Roots Organization and Resistance.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1981, 284 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Behavior; Public opinion; Disasters; Organizations; Meetings; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Nine: Change and Stability in the Public Response.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 290 p.
  Keywords: ; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Public opinion; Behavior; Disasters; Responses; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Ten: Summary and Recommendations.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1981, 148 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Mass media; Ethnic groups; California; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Opinions; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part One: Objectives and Utilization.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 234 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Mass media; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Behavior; Public opinion; Disasters; Hazards; Responses; Surveys; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Two: The Media Response (Chapters One to Ten).
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 278 p.
  Keywords: ; Evaluation; Mass media; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Radio broadcasting; Public opinion; Behavior; Newsprint; Warning systems; Television broadcasting; Communities; Earthquakes