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  • Bolton, P. A.; Heikkala, S. G.; Greene, M. M.; May, P. J.
    Land Use Planning for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: A Handbook for Planners.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 134 p.
    Identifying Number(s): SP-14
    Keywords: Hazards; Damage assessment; Risk; Buildings; Building codes; Ownership; Earthquakes; Land use zoning; Real property; Decision making; Losses; Ordinances; Safety; Land use; Handbooks; Sales; Cost analysis; Economic factors

  • Reasenberg, P. A.; Shostak, N.; Terwilliger, S.
    Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty.
    January 2006, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1020
    Keywords: United States; Emergency management; Hazards; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Losses; Modeling; Calculation; California; Hurricanes; San Francisco Bay; Economic factors; Floods

  • Pantelic, J.; Reinhorn, A.
    Report on the Whittier-Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1987, 34 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0026
    Keywords: Hazards; Foundations; Walls; Structures; Disaster planning; Emergencies; Foreign technology; Bridge foundations; Health; Earthquakes; Construction; Disaster recovery; Responses; Ground motion; Buildings; Emergency planning; Recovery; Safety; Mortality; Disaster relief; Disasters; Damage; Loads (Forces); Insurance; Economic factors

  • Recommendations for the Strong-Motion Program in the United States.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1987, 68 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CETS-EE-006
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismographs; Earthquakes; Bursting; Safety; Design criteria; Economic factors; Geological faults; Motion

  • Ackroyd, M. H.; Cornell, C. A.
    Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas: A Review of Recent Studies on the Economic Value of a Human Life.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1973, 17 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-31
    Keywords: Values; Earthquake engineering; Human factors engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Casualties; Statistical data; Economic factors; Human life value assessment

  • 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: San Francisco Bay Area; Economic impact; Earthquake damage; Economic analysis; Earthquakes; Employment; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Estimates; Statistical analysis; Least squares method; California; Economic factors

  • Singh, H.; Thayer, M. A.; Murdoch, J. C.
    Loma Prieta Earthquake: An Event Study of Changes in Risk Perceptions and the Housing Market.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., January 1992, 117 p.
    Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area; Earthquake damage; Risk; Market value; Residential buildings; Perception; Soil properties; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Prices; California; Least squares method; Benefit cost analysis; Economic factors

  • Planning Seismic Rehabilitation: Societal Issues.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., March 1998, 116 p.
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistance; Earthquake damage; Buildings; Design analysis; Earthquake engineering; Dynamic structural analysis; Seismic design; Soil-structure interactions; Seismic effects; Infrastructure; US FEMA; Construction; Planning; Social factors; Economic factors; Retrofitting

  • 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

  • Ackroyd, M. H.; Hong, S. T.
    Incident Losses: Identification and Evaluation Methods to be Employed. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., November 1972, 23 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-21
    Keywords: Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Eastern Region (United States); Losses; Design criteria; Economic factors; Dynamic structural analysis