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• Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
  January 2000, 58 p.
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Benefits; Natural disasters; Wind (Meteorology); US FEMA; Costs; Retrofitting; Cities; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Land use planning

• Bernknopf, R. L.; Brookshire, D. S.; Ganderton, P. T.
  Role of Geoscience Information in Reducing Catastrophic Loss Using a Web-Based Economics Experiment.
  January 2003, 38 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1683
  Keywords: ; Benefits; Castrophes; Tornadoes; Floods; Public safety; Economic theory; Costs; Hazards; Assessments; Natural disasters; Insurance; Fires; Information systems; Losses; Geophysics; Geology; Risk management; Data analysis; Maps; Earthquakes

• Seismic Vulnerability and Impact of Disruption of Lifelines in the Conterminous United States.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1991, 473 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-224
  Keywords: Vulnerability; Water systems; Benefits; Electric power; Emergency services; Losses; Mitigation; Economic analysis; Hazards; Lifelines; Recommendations; Impact; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Earthquakes