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  • Larrabee, R. D.; Whitman, R. V.
    Costs of Reinforcing Existing Buildings and Constructing New Buildings to Meet Earthquake Codes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., June 1976, 90 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R76-25
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Safety factor; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Economic analysis; Economic impact; Construction costs; Building codes; Seismic design decision analysis; Design criteria

  • Frondistou-Yannas, S. A.; Ng, H. T. S.
    Use of Concrete Demolition Waste as Aggregates in Areas That Have Suffered Destruction. A Feasibility Study.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., November 1977, 173 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R77-37
    Keywords: Concretes; Construction materials; Disasters; Solid waste disposal; Earthquakes; Economic analysis; Waste recycling; Reclamation; Aggregates

  • Earthquake Prediction and Public Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1975, 153 p.
    Keywords: Planning; Predictions; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake prediction; Seismic risk; Earthquake warning systems; Public opinion; Economic analysis; Government policies; Decision making; Building codes; Earthquakes

  • A Program of Studies on the Socioeconomic Effects of Earthquake Predictions.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 176 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IJBN-0-309-02789-6
    Keywords: Economic factors; Predictions; Businesses; Sociology; State of the art; Regions; Research; Social effect; Economic impact; Socioeconomic impacts; Reviews; Government policies; Economic analysis; Warning systems; Earthquakes

  • Pate, M. E.
    Risk and Public Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., July 1979, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 37
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Risk; Hazards; Economic analysis; Earthquakes

  • Moreland, F. L.
    Earth-Covered Buildings: An Exploratory Analysis for Hazard and Energy Performance.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1981, 314 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MA-1-81
    Keywords: Environmental engineering; Fire safety; Earthquake resistant structures; Soils; Energy consumption; Earth covered buildings; Structural design; Buildings; Blast resistant structures; Economic analysis

  • 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

  • Anderson, D. R.; Weinrobe, M.
    Mortgage Default Risks Associated with Earthquakes: An Analysis Based on the 1971 San Fernando Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1984, 172 p.
    Keywords: San Fernando (California); Banking business; Analysis; Procedures; Default; Risk; Economic analysis; Mortgages; Residential buildings; Financing; Earthquakes

  • Brady, R. J.; Perkins, J. B.
    Macroeconomic Effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., November 1991, 53 p.
    Keywords: Economic factors; Estimates; Statistical analysis; Loma Prieta Earthquake; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Economic impact; Economic analysis; Employment; Least squares method

  • Cole, S.; Pantoja, E.; Razak, V.
    Social Accounting for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Planning.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., February 22, 1993, 259 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0002
    Keywords: Socioeconomic conditions; Aruba; Damage assessment; Disasters; Economic analysis; Social accounting; Demographic surveys; SAM (Social Accounting Matrix); Earthquakes