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Reasenberg, P. A.; Shostak, N.; Terwilliger, S.
Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty.
January 2006, 38 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1020
Keywords: United States; Emergency management; Hazards; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Losses; Modeling; Calculation; California; Hurricanes; San Francisco Bay; Economic factors; FloodsSupplemental 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; FloodsUsing HAZUS-MH for Risk Assessment: How-To Guide. HAZIS-MH Risk Assessment and User Group Series.
August 2004, 226 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-433
Keywords: Emergency plans; Hazards; Risk assessment; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Project planning; HAZards United States - Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH); US FEMA; Hurricanes; Maps; Mitigation planning; Disasters; FloodsCochrane, 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; InflationNatural Hazards Observer, Volume 5, Number 1, September 1980.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1980, 14 p.
Keywords: Flood plains; Meetings; Mount Saint Helens; Earthquakes; Warning systems; Insurance; Research projects; Volcanoes; Floods; DisastersMultiple Hazard Mitigation: Report of a Workshop on Mitigation Strategies for Communities Prone to Multiple Natural Hazards, July 6-8, 1983, Snowmass, Colorado.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., December 1983, 73 p.
Keywords: Meeting; Storms; Tsunamis; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Communities; Management; Landslides; Hawaii; Missouri; California; Tornadoes; Planning; Disasters; FloodsRubin, C. B.; Saperstein, M. D.; Barbee, D. G.
Community Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 298 p.
Keywords: Dam failure; Case studies; Hurricanes; Community planning; Storms; Earthquakes; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Surveys; Intergovernmental relationships; Recovery; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Local government; Runoff; Communities; Landslides; TornadoesBernknopf, 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; BenefitsNational Science Foundation Natural Hazard Mitigation Grantees Workshop. Held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on April 27-28, 1995.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., April 1995, 157 p.
Keywords: Earthquake resistance; Hazards; Storms; Earthquake engineering; Soil stability; Earthquakes; Research and development; Structural engineering; Wind effects; Structural response; Geotechnical engineering; Research projects; Mitigation; Disasters; FloodsRubin, C. B.; Yezer, A. M.; Hassain, Q.; Webb, A.
Summary of Major Natural Disaster Incidents in the U.S. 1965-85.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1986, 50 p.
Keywords: Damage assessment; Dam failure; High wind; Coastal areas; Deaths; Hurricanes; Flood waves; Wounds and injuries; Tables (Data); Storms; Water shortage; Debris avalanches; Rivers; Earthquakes; Federally-declared disasters; Statistics; Ocean waves; Snow; Mudflows; Floods; Disaster relief; Levees; Ice; Landslides; Natural disasters; Wind effects; Tornadoes; Insurance; United States; Drought