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• Alesch, D. J.; Peak, W. J.
  Politics and Economics of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Southern California. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 294 p.
  Keywords: Seismic design; Unreinforced concrete; Comparative evaluations; Political aspects; Public policy; Disasters; Soil-structure interactions; Decision making; Natural hazards; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Costs; Perception; Legislation; Case studies; Earthquakes; Masonry; Policy making; Earthquake resistant structures; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; Economic factors

• 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: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protection

• 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: ; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Comparative evaluations; Public policy; Disasters; Floods; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Perception; State planning; California; Insurance; Attitudes; Puerto Rico; Public opinion; Human behavior; Local planning; Surveys; Earthquakes

• 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: Buried objects; Geologic faults; Seismic waves; Landslides; Liquefaction; Soil structure interactions; Seismic surface waves; Mitigation; Body waves; Attenuation; Hazards; Lifelines; Failure modes; Earthquake damage; Seismic effects; PGD (Permanent Ground Deformation); Ground motion; Wave propagation; Underground structures; Structural response; Pipelines; Dynamic structural analysis

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

• 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: Geologic faults; Mapping; Geology; California; Geologic surveys; Hazardous seismic corridors; Seismology; Abstracts; Hayward fault; Meetings; San Francisco region; Earthquake hazards; Connections; Mitigation; Geomorphology

• Normark, W. R.; Bohannon, R. G.; Sliter, R.; Dunhill, G.; Scholl, D. W.
  Cruise Report for A1-98-SC Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project.
  January 1999, 56 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-99-152
  Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Regional analysis; Distribution; Deformation; Intensity; Landslides; Basins (Geology); Hazards; Earthquake hazards; Urban corridor; Coastal region (Southern California); Character; Mitigation

• Normark, W. R.; Reid, J. A.; Sliter, R. W.; Holton, D.; Gutmacher, C. E.
  Cruise Report for 01-99-SC Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project.
  January 1999, 60 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-99-560
  Keywords: ; Geologic faults; Deformation; California; Mitigation; Acoustic imaging; Hazards; USGS; Cruises; Offshore; Natural hazards; Earthquakes

• Bruneau, M.; Filiatrault, A.; Lee, G.; O'Rourke, T.; Reinhorn, A.; Shinozuka, M.; Tierney, K.
  White Paper on the SDR Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 5, 2006, 46 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-05-SP09
  Keywords: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER); Disasters; Research strategies; Critical facilities; Response; Challenges; Disaster loss reduction; Infrastructure systems; Mitigation

• 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: ; Water wells; Crisis management; Environmental impacts; California; Natural disasters; Rain; Federal assistance programs; Ground water; Wind; Fires; Floods; Restoration; Mitigation; Recovery; Monitoring; Emergencies; Earthquakes