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• Dikkers, 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: Vulnerability; Economic analysis; Seismic design; Soil-structure interactions; Liquid fuels; Earthquake resistance; Natural gas distribution systems; Regulations; Guidelines; Government policies; Water systems; Electric power; Construction; Design standards; Government agencies; Lifelines; Federal government; Public utilities; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Sewer systems; Transportation sector; Telecommunication

• Spiker, 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: Mapping; Hazards; Risk assessment; Losses; Control; Costs; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Earthquakes; Land use; Federal government; Emergency preparedness; Monitoring; Strategies; Reduction; Compliance; Fires; Disasters; Floods; Local government; State government; Landslides; Geological processes; Ground movements; Mitigation

• Earthquake Insurance: A Public Policy Dilemma. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 7.
  May 1985, 49 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-68
  Keywords: ; Federal government; Hazards; Local government; Earthquakes; Consumers; Businesses; Insurance; Public policies; Procurement; Disasters

• 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

• Todd, 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: ; Structural stability; Seismic waves; Building codes; Federal government; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Vulnerability; Seismic design; Reinforcement (Structural); Cost estimates; Government policies; Federal buildings; Design standards; Retrofitting

• Elnashai, 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: New Madrid Seismic Zone; Emergency plans; Response; Hazards; Federal government; Local government; Earthquakes; State government; Asssessments; Investigations; Social impacts; Seismic waves