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• NSF-DCPA-ASEE Summer Institute on Multiprotection Design (1977).
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., August 5, 1977, 25 p.
  Keywords: Environmental engineering; Structural engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Natural disasters; Structural design; Disasters; Buildings; Tornadoes; Meetings; Building codes; Design criteria

• National 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: Natural disasters; Earthquake prediction; Attitudes; Land use; Seismic risk; Fires; Earthquake engineering; Floods; Risk; Meetings; Hazards; Government policies; Tsunamis; Earthquakes

• Hwang, L. S.; Hammack, J.
  Japan Sea Central Region Tsunami of May 26, 1983: A Reconnaissance Report.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1984, 42 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CETS-CND-026
  Keywords: Tsunami; Natural disasters; Ocean waves; Coastal engineering; Japan; Earthquakes

• Rubin, 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: Hurricanes; Landslides; Drought; Tables (Data); Water shortage; Floods; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Storms; Federally-declared disasters; Damage assessment; Wounds and injuries; Coastal areas; Snow; High wind; Statistics; Debris avalanches; Levees; Ice; Natural disasters; Insurance; Flood waves; Ocean waves; Mudflows; Rivers; Deaths; Wind effects; United States; Dam failure; Earthquakes

• Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
  January 2000, 58 p.
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Benefits; Natural disasters; Wind (Meteorology); US FEMA; Costs; Retrofitting; Cities; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Land use planning

• Schwab, J.; Topping, K. C.; Eadie, C. C.; Deyle, R. E.; Smith, R. A.
  Planning for the Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction.
  January 2003, 352 p.
  Keywords: ; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Floods; Tornadoes; Economic recovery; Risk assessment; Policies; Legal aspects; Hazard mitigation; Case studies; Financial services; Crisis management; Natural disasters; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Wildfire; United States; Earthquakes

• Bruneau, M.
  Proceedings of the Workshop on Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Management of Complex Civil Emergencies and Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design. Held in New York, New York on June 24-25, 2002.
  October 18, 2002, 180 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-02-SP08
  Keywords: Threats; Structural engineering; Seismic design; Emergency response; Crisis management; Explosions; Natural disasters; Implosions; September 11; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Risk; World Trade Center; Man made disasters; Blast loads; Terrorism; September 11 terrorist attacks; Design codes

• Bernknopf, 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: ; Benefits; Castrophes; Tornadoes; Floods; Public safety; Economic theory; Costs; Hazards; Assessments; Natural disasters; Insurance; Fires; Information systems; Losses; Geophysics; Geology; Risk management; Data analysis; Maps; Earthquakes

• Atwater, B. F.; Satoko, M. R.; Kenji, S.; Yoshinobu, T.; Kazue, U.
  Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America.
  January 2005, 148 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ['PP-1707', 'ISBN-0-295-98535-6']
  Keywords: Orphan Tsunami of 1700; Natural disasters; Catastrophes; North America; Narratives; Tsunamis; Japan; Earthquakes

• Hurricane Warning: The Critical Need for a National Hurricane Research Initiative.
  January 2007, 40 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NSB-06-115
  Keywords: ; Natural disasters; Hurricanes; Disasters; Economic impact; Hazards; Infrastructure; Losses