Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, 2006 Edition.
January 2006,
571 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-547
Keywords: ; Damage; Hazards; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Vulnerability; Seismic design; Construction; Design standards; Mitigation
Seismic Vulnerability and Impact of Disruption of Lifelines in the Conterminous United States.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
September 1991,
473 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-224
Keywords: Hazards; Vulnerability; Economic analysis; Earthquakes; Water systems; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Emergency services; Impact; Electric power; Losses; Recommendations; Lifelines; Mitigation; Benefits
Principal Threats Facing Communities and Local Emergency Management Coordinators.
April 1992,
146 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-191
Keywords: Terrorism; Hazards; Wildfire; National security; Earthquakes; Hazardous materials; Emergency planning; Severe storms; Communities; Droughts; Transportation; Populations; Radioactivity; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Fires; Volcanoes; Mitigation; United States; Floods; Disasters
Palm, R. I.; Hodgson, M. E.
Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, Experience, and Behavior of Homeowners. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.,
cJanuary 1993,
166 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-09-6
Keywords: ; Floods; Risk assessment; Public policy; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Human behavior; Emergency planning; Surveys; Puerto Rico; Perception; Public opinion; Comparative evaluations; Attitudes; Hurricanes; State planning; Insurance; California; Mitigation; Disasters; Local planning
O'Rourke, M. J.; Liu, X.
Response of Buried Pipelines Subject to Earthquake Effects.
January 1999,
276 p.
Identifying Number(s): ['MCEER-99-MN03', 'ISBN-0-9656682-3-1']
Keywords: Hazards; Geologic faults; Underground structures; Structural response; Body waves; Earthquake damage; Pipelines; Soil structure interactions; Failure modes; Lifelines; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Buried objects; Seismic effects; Attenuation; Seismic surface waves; Dynamic structural analysis; Seismic waves; Landslides; Wave propagation; Mitigation; PGD (Permanent Ground Deformation)
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
National 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; Floods
Ponce, D. A.; Buergmann, R.; Graymer, R. W.; Lienkaemper, J. J.; Moore, D. E.
Proceedings of the Hayward Fault Workshop. Held in Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, California on September 19-20, 2003.
January 2003,
76 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-03-485
Keywords: Mapping; Geomorphology; Abstracts; Meetings; Geologic faults; Geology; Hazardous seismic corridors; Hayward fault; Earthquake hazards; Connections; San Francisco region; California; Seismology; Mitigation; Geologic surveys
Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Typcial Recurring Actions Resulting from Flood, Earthquake, Fire, Rain, and Wind Disasters in California as Proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mojave Water Agency, Groundwater Monitoring Wells Replacement Project, FEMA-DR-1577-CA.
October 2006,
11 p.
Keywords: ; Environmental impacts; Rain; Federal assistance programs; Ground water; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Recovery; Monitoring; Restoration; Natural disasters; Water wells; Wind; California; Emergencies; Fires; Mitigation; Floods
Promoting the Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Code: A Guidebook for State Earthquake and Mitigation Managers.
January 1998,
210 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-313
Keywords: ; Building codes; Local government; Earthquake engineering; Enforcement; Seismic design; State government; Organizations; Resources; Mitigation; Legislation