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  • Jones, L. M.; Bernknopf, R.; Cox, D.; Goltz, J.; Hudnut, K.; Mileti, D.; Perry, S.; Ponti, D.; Porter, K.; Reichle, M.; Seligson, H.; Shoaf, K.; Treiman, J.; Wein, A.
    ShakeOut Scenario. Version 1.0.
    January 2008, 312 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['USGS-OFR-2008-1150', 'CGS-25']
    Keywords: Kern County (California); Scenarios; Damage assessment; Seismic design; Socioeconomic factors; Geology; Casualties; Orange County (California); Economic impact; Earthquakes; Utilities; Los Angeles County (California); Riverside County (California); Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; San Bernardino County (California); Emergency preparedness; Aftershocks; California; Imperial County (California); Emergency response; San Andreas Fault; San Diego County (California); Ventura County (California)

  • Bolin, R.; Bolton, P.
    Race, Religion and Ethnicity in Disaster Recovery. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 280 p.
    Keywords: Tornado; Economic impact; Federal assistance programs; Minority groups; Flood; Ethnic groups; Earthquake; Economic assistance; Blacks; Mexican Americans; Emergency services; Disaster recovery; Hurricane; Social effects; Disaster relief; Culture

  • 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

  • Bates, F. L.
    Recovery, Change and Development: A Longitudinal Study of the 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake; Final Report Volume 2.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1982, 398 p.
    Keywords: REcovery; Temporary housing; Economic impact; Local government; Social change; Earthquakes; Comparison; Guatemala; Communities; Housing studies; Shelters; Construction; Disaster recovery; Households; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Roberts, R. B.; Milliman, J. W.; Ellson, R. W.
    Eathquakes and Earthquake Predictions: Simulating Their Economic Effects.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 30, 1982, 270 p.
    Keywords: ; Economic impact; Damage; Hazards; Earthquakes; Income; Employment; Losses; Investments; Relocation; Disasters

  • Hirschberg, J. G.; Gordon, P.; Petak, W. J.
    Natural Hazards: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Model.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., July 1978, 320 p.
    Keywords: Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Risk; Storm surges; Social effect; Gales; Hurricanes; Economic impact; Rivers; Earthquakes; Demand (Economics); Mathematical models; Wind (Meteorology); Clay soils; Expansion; Benefit cost analysis; Floods; Disasters; Damage; Landslides; Tornadoes; Input output analysis; United States; Socioeconomic impact assessment model

  • Hurricane 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; Disasters

  • Nigg, J. M.
    Loma Prieta, California Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Recovery, Mitigation, and Reconstruction.
    January 1998, 96 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1553-D
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Wages; Damage assessment; Loma Prieta earthquake; Rebuilding; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Ground motion; Economic recovery; Soil-structure interactions; Employment; Seismic effects; Macroeconomics; Construction; Monterey Bay Area (California); Sales; Mitigation; Socioeconomic impact

  • Bolin, R.
    Household and Community Recovery After Earthquakes. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1994, 122 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-11-8
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Local government; Social psychology; Emergency response; Earthquakes; Ethnic groups; Southern region (California); Whittier Narrows Earthquake; Communities; Recovery; Social effect; Families; Human behavior; Community planning; Households; Disaster relief; Local planning

  • 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 impact; Reviews; Economic analysis; Earthquakes; Research; Government policies; Social effect; State of the art; Socioeconomic impacts; Businesses; Warning systems; Sociology; Predictions; Economic factors; Regions