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  • 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

  • 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: Seismic design; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Economic factors; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Eastern Region (United States); Losses; Design criteria; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Shah, H. C.; Mortgat, C. P.; Kiremidjian, A.; Zsutty, T. C.
    A Study of Seismic Risk for Nicaragua. Part I.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., January 1975, 351 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 11
    Keywords: Predictions; Nicaragua; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Seismology; Geological surveys; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Computer programs; Economic factors; Geological faults

  • 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: Human life value assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Values; Casualties; Earthquake engineering; Statistical data; Human factors engineering; Economic factors

  • 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: Seismic design; Unreinforced concrete; Comparative evaluations; Political aspects; Public policy; Disasters; Soil-structure interactions; Decision making; Natural hazards; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Costs; Perception; Legislation; Case studies; Earthquakes; Masonry; Policy making; Earthquake resistant structures; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; 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: Economic factors; California; Hurricanes; San Francisco Bay; United States; Floods; Hazards; Calculation; Computer programs; Modeling; Losses; Emergency management; Earthquakes

  • 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: Cost analysis; Damage assessment; Economic factors; Land use; Land use zoning; Risk; Buildings; Real property; Hazards; Safety; Sales; Ordinances; Handbooks; Decision making; Ownership; Losses; Earthquakes; Building codes

  • 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: ; Economic factors; Earthquake resistant structures; Bursting; Earthquakes; Hazards; Safety; Motion; Seismographs; Design criteria; Geological faults

  • 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: Structures; Emergency planning; Damage; Disasters; Disaster relief; Responses; Loads (Forces); Economic factors; Hazards; Safety; Bridge foundations; Foundations; Insurance; Construction; Foreign technology; Buildings; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Mortality; Emergencies; Walls; Ground motion; Disaster planning; Health; 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