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Mohammadi, J.; Alyasin, S.; Bak, D. N.
Investigation of Cause and Effects of Fires Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., May 1992, 194 p.
Identifying Number(s): IIT-CE-9201
Keywords: Earthquake damage; Risk; Buildings; Fire prevention; San Francisco (California); Gas distribution; Earthquakes; Fire hazards; Leakage; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; Statistical analysis; FiresYanev, P. I.; Scawthorn, C. R.
Hokkaido Nansei-oki, Japan Earthquake of July 12, 1993.
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., December 23, 1993, 142 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0023
Keywords: Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Damage assessment; Tsunamis; Buildings; Okushiri; Earthquakes; Aftershocks; Soil-structure interactions; Urban areas; Soil dynamics; Hokkaido; Seismic effects; Structural response; Japan; Fires; Ground subsidence; Hokkaido Japan Earthquake; LiquefactionNational Conference on Earthquakes and Related Hazards: Earthquake Prediction, Reaction and Response to Prediction, Hazard Reduction, Public Policy, Invitational Conference, 1977 Held at Boulder, Colorado on November 16-18, 1977.
January 1977, 87 p.
Keywords: Earthquake prediction; Tsunamis; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Meetings; Earthquakes; Government policies; Natural disasters; Attitudes; Land use; Fires; Floods; Seismic riskSupplemental Environmental Assessment, Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz (PDMC-PJ-09-CA-2005-065).
February 2007, 12 p.
Keywords: ; Environmental impacts; Rain; Alternatives; Federal assistance programs; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Wind; Resources; California; Fires; FloodsFowell, A. J.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory Accomplishments 1995-1996.
March 1997, 48 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-838/11
Keywords: ; Research management; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; US NIST; Flammability testing; Testing laboratories; Safety engineering; Construction materials; Fire safety; Fires; StandardsCochrane, H. C.; Revier, C. F.; Nakagawa, T.
Impact of Disasters on Construction Costs.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 120 p.
Keywords: ; Economic impact; Floods; Cyclones; Economic models; Earthquakes; Construction costs; Real property; Residential buildings; Housing studies; Demand (Economics); Supply (Economics); Prices; Tornadoes; Assessments; Land use; Fires; Disasters; InflationRaufaste, N. J.
Project Summaries 1996: NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
September 1996, 232 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-838-10
Keywords: ; Research management; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Flammability testing; Structural engineering; Testing laboratories; Safety engineering; Construction; Building; Construction materials; Fire safety; Fires; United States; StandardsRaufaste, N. J.
Project Summaries 1998. NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
July 1998, 244 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6203
Keywords: ; Research management; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Flammability testing; Structural engineering; Testing laboratories; Safety engineering; Construction; Construction materials; Fire safety; Fires; United States; StandardsBernknopf, R. L.; Brookshire, D. S.; Ganderton, P. T.
Role of Geoscience Information in Reducing Catastrophic Loss Using a Web-Based Economics Experiment.
January 2003, 38 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1683
Keywords: ; Floods; Hazards; Risk management; Earthquakes; Public safety; Geology; Data analysis; Natural disasters; Economic theory; Losses; Information systems; Maps; Insurance; Geophysics; Assessments; Tornadoes; Fires; Castrophes; Costs; BenefitsSummary of Awards 1975, Division of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology.
January 1975, 137 p.
Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-75-41', 'NSF/RA/E-75/215']
Keywords: Hazards; Federal assistance programs; Water pollution; Rural areas; Grants; Earthquakes; Urban areas; Weather modification; Organic compounds; Trace contaminants; Land use; Nitrogen inorganic compounds; Energy; Air pollution; Environmental protection; Fires; Regional planning; Metals; Disasters; Environmental impacts; Investigations; Management planning; Research projects