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• 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: ; Floods; Hazards; Risk management; Earthquakes; Public safety; Geology; Data analysis; Natural disasters; Economic theory; Losses; Information systems; Maps; Insurance; Geophysics; Assessments; Tornadoes; Fires; Castrophes; Costs; Benefits

• Hart, G. C.
  Typical Costs for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, Second Edition. Volume 2: Supporting Documentation. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 39.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1995, 109 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-157
  Keywords: ; Regression analysis; Buildings; Quality control; Earthquake engineering; Data collection; Seismic design; Cost estimates; Trends; Costs; Documentation

• Societal Implications: Selected Readings. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 14.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., June 1985, 171 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-84
  Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Regulations; Earthquake engineering; Building codes; Local government; Seismic design; National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP); State government; Safety; Construction; Design standards; Mitigation; Costs

• Alesch, D. J.; Peak, W. J.
  Politics and Economics of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Southern California. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 294 p.
  Keywords: Risk assessment; Case studies; Public policy; Seismic design; Soil-structure interactions; Costs; Earthquakes; Policy making; Unreinforced concrete; Perception; Natural hazards; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; Disasters; Legislation; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Decision making; Comparative evaluations; Mitigation; Economic factors; Political aspects

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

• Barnes, S. B.; Johnson, A. W.; Pinkham, C. W.
  Methodology for Mitigation of Seismic Hazards in Existing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings, Phase 1.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., March 31, 1978, 69 p.
  Keywords: Seismic risk; Hazards; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Structural design; Walls; Design criteria; Construction materials; Costs; Retrofitting

• Typical Costs for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings. Second Edition. Volume 1. Summary. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 39.
  December 1994, 80 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-156
  Keywords: Performance categories; Buildings; Quality control; Seismic rehabilitation; Data collection; Cost considerations; Existing buildings; Typical costs; Building types; Database characteristics; Cost database; Costs; Seismic safety

• Recommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings: Program to Reduce the Earthquake Hazards of Steel Moment-Frame Structures.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., July 2000, 202 p.
  Keywords: Damage assessment; Repair; Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction (FEMA-354); Documents; Structures; Costs; Earthquake damage; Regulations; Steel structures; Quality control; Quality assurance; Earthquakes; Economics; FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency); Welded joints; Structural design criteria; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; State of the art; Evaluation and assessments; Seismic effects; Safety; Recommendations

• Spiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
  National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
  September 2000, 60 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
  Keywords: Mapping; Hazards; Risk assessment; Losses; Control; Costs; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Earthquakes; Land use; Federal government; Emergency preparedness; Monitoring; Strategies; Reduction; Compliance; Fires; Disasters; Floods; Local government; State government; Landslides; Geological processes; Ground movements; Mitigation