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  • Engineering Resilience Solutions From Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events: 1997-2007, A Decade of Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Resilience.
    Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., December 2008, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-SP09
    Keywords: ; Earthquake engineering; Electric power systems; Emergency preparedness; Seismic design; Research and development; Emergency response; Water supply; Utilities; Hospitals; Power grids

  • 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)

  • Jones, L.; Bernknopf, R.; Cannon, S.; Cox, D. A.; Gaydos, L.
    Increasing Resiliency to Natural Hazards--A Strategic Plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California.
    January 2007, 27 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2007-1255
    Keywords: Science; Multi-hazards Demonstration project; Strategic plan; U.S.Geological Survey (USGS); Emergency response; Community decision making; Southern California; Natural hazards

  • Karadeniz, D.; Rogers, J. D.; Williams, R. A.; Cramer, C. H.; Bauer, R. A.
    St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project--A Progress Report-November 2008.
    January 2009, 17 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1059
    Keywords: Seismic monitoring; St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP); United States Geological Survey (USGS); Earthquakes; Linear response analysis; Hazard maps; Emergency response; Forecasting; Internet accessible database; Foundations (Structures); Maps; Computer codes; Liquefaction

  • Scawthorn, C.
    Marmara, Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999: Reconnaissance Report.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., March 23, 2000, 206 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-00-0001
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Waste water; North Anatolian Fault Zone; Seismicity; Social impact; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Medical services; Water systems; Infrastructure; Electric power; Soil mechanics; Lifelines; Marmara Turkey Earthquake; Ground motion; Marmara (Turkey); Geotechnical engineering; Industrial plants; Emergency response; Restoration; Structural analysis; Remote sensing; Natural gas; Transportation networks; Political aspects

  • Gertstenberger, M.; Wiemer, S.; Jones, L.
    Real-Time Forecasts of Tomorrow's Earthquakes in California: A New Mapping Tool.
    January 2004, 44 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2004-1390
    Keywords: Earthquake clustering; United States Geological Survey (USGS); Earthquakes; Real time; Seismic phenomena; Hazard maps; Emergency response; Multi-model; Forecasting; California; Maps; Algorithm

  • Schiff, A. J.
    Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Lifelines.
    January 1998, 140 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1552-A
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Ports (Facilities); Buses; Telecommunications; Earthquake damage; Lessons learned; Airorts; Public transportation; Natural gas distribution systems; Water treatment plants; Waste water treatment; Water systems; Water distribution; Electric utilities; Monterey Bay Area (California); Lifelines; Public utilities; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; Mass media; Railroads; Water utiliities; Emergency response; Transportation systems; Communication networks; Subways

  • Schiff, A. J.
    Northridge Earthquake: Lifeline Performance and Post-Earthquake Response.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., April 1997, 346 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MONO-8
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Waste water; Ports (Facilities); Soil-structure interactions; Harbors; Fire departments; Gas utilities; Liquid fuels; Airports; Bridges (Structures); Earthquake damage; Electric power distribution; Pipelines; Water systems; Communication systems; Public utilities; Operating systems; Buildings; Seismic effects; Sewer systems; Dynamic structural analysis; Design analysis; Transportation sector; Emergency response; Northridge earthquake; Highways; Hospitals

  • 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

  • Bruneau, M.
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Management of Complex Civil Emergencies and Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design. Held in New York, New York on June 24-25, 2002.
    October 18, 2002, 180 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-02-SP08
    Keywords: Blast loads; Terrorism; September 11 terrorist attacks; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Implosions; Risk; Man made disasters; Emergency response; Crisis management; Explosions; Seismic design; September 11; Design codes; Structural engineering; Threats; World Trade Center; Natural disasters