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• 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

• Proceedings of the U.S.-Southeast Asia Symposium on Engineering for Natural Hazards Protection Held at Manila, Philippines on September 26-30, 1977.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 438 p.
  Keywords: Structures; Hurricanes; Wind loads; Safety engineering; Philippines; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Floods; Hazards; Meetings; Storms; Natural hazards; Earthquakes

• Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 3, Number 4, June 1979.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., June 1979, 14 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Damage; Natural resources; Disasters; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Weather forecasting; Storms; Hazards; Legislation; Wetlands; Coasts; Litigation; Insurance; Information centers; Flood plains; Newsletters; Disaster preparedness; Research; Earthquakes

• Hudson, D. E.
  Natural Disaster Mitigation Research. Proceedings of the Indo-U.S. Workshop on Natural Disaster (Earthquake and Wind Effects) Mitigation Research, Held at New Delhi, India on December 13-16, 1978.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., January 1979, 70 p.
  Keywords: Masonry; Earthquake resistant structures; Emergency preparedness; Wind (Meteorology); Newsletters; Rockfill dams; Risk analysis; Disaster preparedness; Earthquake warning systems; Research; Disasters; Buildings; Seismological stations; India; Earth dams; Storms; Earthquakes

• Leik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendall, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
  Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
  April 1981, 89 p.
  Keywords: Group dynamics; Hurricanes; Disasters; Tornadoes; Floods; Weather forecasting; Storms; Social communication; Research management; NTISDODXA; Communications networks; NTISNSFG; Sampling; Civilian population; Warning systems; Emergencies; Response; Information transfer; Community relations; Earthquakes

• Wen, Y. K.; Pearce, H. T.
  Stochastic Models for Dependent Load Processes.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1981, 81 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURAL RESEARCH SER-489', 'UILU-ENG-81-2002']
  Keywords: ; Structures; Random processes; Dynamic loads; Monte Carlo method; Reliability; Storms; Stochastic processes; Earthquakes

• Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 7, Number 6, July 1983.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1983, 15 p.
  Keywords: Coasts; NOAA; Disasters; Hazards; Flood forecasting; Weather forecasting; Storms; Management; Warning systems; Coastal zone management; Earthquakes

• Multiple 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: Planning; Emergency preparedness; California; Landslides; Meeting; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Storms; Management; Hawaii; Missouri; Communities; Earthquakes

• Rubin, 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: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Landslides; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Storms; Intergovernmental relationships; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Case studies; Runoff; Community planning; Recovery; Local government; Communities; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Surveys; Dam failure; 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