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Chung, R. M.
Natural Disaster Studies. Volume 5. The March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, MD.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1991, 177 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-309-04444-8
Keywords: Ecuador; Response; Damage assessment; Natural disaster studies; Seismic epicenter; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Geological surveys; Organizations; Flooding; Structures; Highways; Socioeconomic conditions; Tectonics; DisastersHurricane Warning: The Critical Need for a National Hurricane Research Initiative.
January 2007, 40 p.
Identifying Number(s): NSB-06-115
Keywords: ; Economic impact; Hazards; Natural disasters; Losses; Infrastructure; Hurricanes; DisastersEarthquake Insurance: A Public Policy Dilemma. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 7.
May 1985, 49 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-68
Keywords: ; Federal government; Hazards; Local government; Earthquakes; Consumers; Businesses; Insurance; Public policies; Procurement; DisastersLowe, P. A.; Scheffey, C. F.; Lam, P. O.
Inventory of Lifelines in the Cajon Pass, California.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., February 1992, 97 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-225
Keywords: Hazards; Risk; Gas pipelines; Vulnerability; Damage assessment; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Geology; Cajon Pass (California); Seismic effects; Transportation systems; Electric power; California; Maps; Communication management; Lifelines; Mitigation; DisastersChang, S. E.; Pasion, C.; Tatebe, K.; Ahmad, R.
Linking Lifeline Infrastructure Performance and Community Disaster Resilience: Models and Multi-Stakeholder Processes.
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 3, 2008, 158 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0004
Keywords: Quantitative modeling; Risk management; Performance objectives; Earthquake engineering; Models; Communities disaster resilience; Shelter models; Economic loss models; Socioeconomic factors; Seismic effects; Utilities; Infrastructures; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP); Disasters; Lifeline infrastructure performanceYin, R. K.; Moore, G. B.
Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Hazards Insurance.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1984, 58 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-942570-09-X
Keywords: Hazards; Risk; Surveys; Decision making; Probability theory; Insurance; Households; Consumer affairs; DisastersAlesch, 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 aspectsBlair, M. L.; Vlasic, T. C.; Cotton, W. R.; Fowler, W.
When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
Keywords: Response; Federal government; Debris avalanches; Damage assessment; Local government; Case studies; Debris flow; Emergency preparedness; State government; Emergency planning; Intergovernmental relationships; Recovery; Landslides; Slope protection; Mudslides; Slope stability; Slope failure; Ground failure; Mitigation; Disasters; FloodsSelkregg, L. L.; Ender, R. L.; Johnson, S. F.; Kim, J. C. K.; Gorski, S. E.
Seismic Hazard Mitigation: Planning and Policy Implementation - The Alaska Case.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1984, 362 p.
Keywords: ; Policies; Hazards; Risk; Tsunamis; Earthquakes; Recovery; Safety; Alaska; Planning; Disasters; Seismic wavesMoore, G. B.; Yin, R. K.
Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Three Additional Examples.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1985, 61 p.
Keywords: Mapping; Hazards; Risk; Earthquakes; Flood damage; Disasters