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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: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protectionSpiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
September 2000, 60 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Reduction; Geological processes; Mitigation; Control; Risk assessment; Mapping; Costs; State government; Hazards; Land use; Ground movements; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Fires; Local government; Losses; Compliance; Monitoring; Strategies; EarthquakesEarthquake Insurance: A Public Policy Dilemma. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 7.
May 1985, 49 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-68
Keywords: ; Businesses; Federal government; Public policies; Insurance; Disasters; Consumers; Hazards; Local government; Procurement; EarthquakesDikkers, R. D.; Chung, R. M.; Mohraz, B.; Lew, H. S.; Wright, R. N.
Proceedings of a Workshop on Developing and Adopting Seismic Design and Construction Standards for Lifelines. Held in Denver, Colorado on September 25-27, 1991.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., October 1996, 356 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5907
Keywords: Seismic design; Liquid fuels; Water systems; Electric power; Sewer systems; Federal government; Public utilities; Government policies; Soil-structure interactions; Guidelines; Natural gas distribution systems; Lifelines; Telecommunication; Vulnerability; Transportation sector; Regulations; Meetings; Earthquake resistance; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Economic analysis; Government agencies; ConstructionTodd, D.; Bieniawski, A.
ICSSC Guidance on Implementing Executive Order 12941 on Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC. Mitigation Directorate., October 1995, 34 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5734
Keywords: ; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Vulnerability; Seismic waves; Retrofitting; Cost estimates; Federal government; Reinforcement (Structural); Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Federal buildings; Government policies; Building codes; Structural stabilityElnashai, A. S.; Cleveland, L. J.; Jefferson, T.; Harrald, J.
Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA. New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Earthquake Response Planning Project. Final Phase 1 Report.
Earthquake Engineering Research Inst., Berkeley, CA.; Construction Engineering Research Lab. (Army), Champaign, IL., September 2008, 936 p.
Identifying Number(s): MAE-08-02
Keywords: Emergency plans; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Seismic waves; Social impacts; Federal government; Investigations; State government; Earthquakes; Hazards; Asssessments; Local government; Response