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  • Earthquake Prediction and Hazard Mitigation - Options for USGS and NSF Programs.
    Office of the Assistant Director for Scientific, Technological and International Affairs (NSF), Washington, D.C., September 15, 1976, 113 p.
    Keywords: Hazard assessment; Predictions; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic waves; Earth movements; Earthquake warning systems; Earthquake engineering; Seismic risk analysis; Hazards; Tsunamis; Earthquakes; Geological faults

  • Summary of Awards 1976, Division of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology.
    January 1976, 120 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NSF/RA-760219
    Keywords: Federal assistance programs; Disasters; Projects; Weather modification; Research management; Project planning; Hazards; Grants; Energy; Environmental protection; Environmental impacts; Fires; Pollution; Contracts; Regional planning; Chemical compounds; Surveys; Protection; Cost effectiveness; Earthquakes

  • Friedman, D. G.
    Computer Simulation in Natural Hazard Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 213 p.
    Keywords: Damage; Hurricanes; Natural resources; Wind; Disasters; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Weather forecasting; Storms; Research management; Computerized simulation; Flooding; Hazards; Vulnerability; Forecasting; Land use; Casualties; Warning systems; Hail; Geophysics; Droughts; Earthquakes

  • Ayre, R. S.; Mileti, D. S.; Trainer, P. B.
    Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in the United States: A Research Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 169 p.
    Keywords: Damage; Landslides; Disasters; Disaster relief; Tsunamis; Research management; Mathematical models; Earthquake warning systems; Wave forecasting; Hazards; Geological faults; California; Forecasting; Land use; Pacific Coast; Warning systems; Alaskan Coast; Seismology; Earthquakes

  • Learning from Earthquakes. 1977 Planning and Field Guides.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1977, 221 p.
    Keywords: Regional planning; Earthquake resistant structures; Field guides; Risk analysis; Investigations; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Soil dynamics; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Summary of Awards; Transition Quarter 1976.
    January 1977, 56 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-77-28', 'NSF/RA-770135']
    Keywords: ; Weather modification; Regional planning; Research projects; Natural resources; Disasters; Hazards; Reviews; Grants; Earthquakes; Air pollution

  • Summary 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: Investigations; Federal assistance programs; Metals; Disasters; Organic compounds; Urban areas; Weather modification; Hazards; Grants; Energy; Environmental protection; Rural areas; Research projects; Environmental impacts; Trace contaminants; Land use; Fires; Water pollution; Nitrogen inorganic compounds; Air pollution; Regional planning; Management planning; Earthquakes

  • RANN 2. Realizing Knowledge as a Resource. Proceedings of the Symposium on Research Applied to National Needs (2nd). Volume IV. Coping with Man-Made and Natural Hazards.
    January 1977, 179 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-77-54', 'NSF/RA-770248']
    Keywords: Air pollution; Research management; Objectives; Research projects; Universities; Land use; Knowledge; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Meetings; Technology transfer; Government policies; Water pollution; Industries; Earthquakes; National Science Foundation

  • Solomon, K. A.; Okrent, D.; Rubin, M.
    Earthquake Ordinances for the City of Los Angeles, California. A Brief Case Study.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1977, 62 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7765
    Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Predictions; California; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Ordinances; Hazards; Los Angeles (California); Building codes; Earthquakes

  • Meltsner, A. J.
    Seismic Safety of Existing Buildings and Incentives for Hazard Mitigation in San Francisco: An Exploratory Study.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., December 1977, 86 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/28
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; California; Urban planning; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; San Francisco (California); Building codes; Earthquakes