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  • Are You Ready. Your Guide to Disaster Preparedness.
    September 1990, 102 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-H-34
    Keywords: ; Storms; Tsunamis; Hazardous materials; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Nuclear power plants; Shelters; Disaster planning; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Fires; Floods; Disasters

  • Tierney, K. L.; Petak, W. J.; Hahn, H.
    Disabled Persons and Earthquake Hazards.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1988, 170 p.
    Keywords: ; Handicapped persons; Hazards; Physically handicapped; Risk assessment; Case studies; Elderly persons; Social effect; Losses; Nursing homes; Literature surveys; Disabled persons; Earthquake damage; Earthquake; Intermediate care facilities; Buildings; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; California; Fires; Local planning; Disasters; Senior citizens

  • 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; Disasters

  • Bernard, E.; Mader, C.; Curtis, G.; Satake, K.
    Tsunami Inundation Model Study of Eureka and Crescent City, California.
    November 1994, 82 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NOAA-TM-ERL-PMEL-103
    Keywords: Eureka (California); Tsunami; Hazards; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; West Coast Region (United States); Flooding; California; Water waves; Mathematical models; Regional analysis; Tsunami inundation model; Coasts; Marine geology; Crescent City (California)

  • Blair, 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; Floods

  • Schwab, J.; Topping, K. C.; Eadie, C. C.; Deyle, R. E.; Smith, R. A.
    Planning for the Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction.
    January 2003, 352 p.
    Keywords: ; Hazard mitigation; Policies; Risk assessment; Case studies; Wildfire; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Economic recovery; Emergency planning; Recovery; Natural disasters; Financial services; Hurricanes; Disaster recovery; Tornadoes; Legal aspects; United States; Floods

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 6, Number 5, May 1982.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1982, 14 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Hazards; Dams; Earthquake resistant structures; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Management; Recovery; Japan; Hurricanes; Insurance; Warning systems; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Darienzo, M.
    Tsunami Sign Placement Guidelines.
    January 2003, 16 p.
    Identifying Number(s): OFR-03-06
    Keywords: Washington (State); Tsunami evacuation routes; Sign location; Hazards; Guidelines; Signs; Tsunami evacuation sites; Entering/leaving tsunami hazard zones; Emergency planning; Consistency; Hawaii; Tsumanis; Evacuation; Tsunami hazard zones; California; Oregon; Alaska; Pacific states

  • Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country: Your Handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region.
    January 2005, 36 p.
    Keywords: Citizen information; San Francisco (California); Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; California; Public information

  • Natural Hazards Observer. Volume 5, Number 4, June 1981.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1981, 18 p.
    Keywords: Drought; Hazards; Flood plains; Federal assistance programs; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Research; National government; Maps; Land use; Newsletters; Disaster relief; Disasters