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  • Yin, R. K.; Moore, G. B.
    Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Hazards Insurance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1984, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-942570-09-X
    Keywords: Hazards; Risk; Surveys; Decision making; Probability theory; Insurance; Households; Consumer affairs; Disasters

  • Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.; Kiecolt, J.
    Earthquake Threat: The Human Response in Southern California.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., cJanuary 1979, 159 p.
    Keywords: Uplifts; Hazards; Local government; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Fear; Surveys; Communities; Anxiety; Threat evaluation; Human factors; Forecasting; California; Southern California Uplift; Attitudes; Los Angeles County (California); Awareness; Statistical analysis; Warning systems; Geological faults

  • Burger, T. M.; Massoglia, M. F.
    RANN Utilization Experience (Case Studies 32 through 41).
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., November 1976, 328 p.
    Keywords: Case studies; Projects; Research; Furniture; Textiles; Metal bending; Automation; Organizations; Oil recovery; Computer programming; Metropolitan meteorological experiment; Electronic fund transfer system; Earthquakes; Weather modification; Research applied to national needs; Cold working; Cash flow; Energy; Surveys; Utilization; Shipbuilding; Technology innovation; Urban planning; Institutes; Technology

  • Scawthorn, C.; Cowell, A. D.; Borden, F.
    Fire-Related Aspects of the Northridge Earthquake.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., March 1998, 166 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-98-743
    Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Incident management; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Pipelines; Emergency planning; Surveys; Natural disasters; Investigations; Northridge earthquake; Fire departments; California; Maps; Fires; San Fernando Valley (California); Natural gas

  • Youssef, N. F. G.; Bonowitz, D.; Gross, J. L.
    Survey of Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Buildings Affected by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    April 1995, 186 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5625
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Los Angeles (California); Buildings; Steel structures; Damage assessment; Cracking (Fracturing); Surveys; Seismic effects; Structural members; Moments; Frame structures; Northridge Earthquake; Construction joints; Dynamic structural analysis

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

  • Seismic Provisions of State and Local Building Codes and Their Enforcement.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD. Structures Div.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1992, 368 p.
    Keywords: ; Building codes; Regulations; Earthquake resistant structures; Local government; Earthquake engineering; Enforcement; Seismic design; State government; Surveys; Construction management

  • Svekla, W.; Verrucci, E.
    MCEER Response: Hurricane Gustav Reconnaissance - Damage Survey Using the VIEWS(Trade Name) System.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 2008, 6 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-SP08
    Keywords: Louisiana; Airborne equipment; Damage assessment; Surveys; Digital imagery; Reconnaisance; Mississippi; Hurricane Gustav; NOAA; VIEWS (Trademark); Gulf coast

  • Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
    Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part One: Objectives and Utilization.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 234 p.
    Keywords: Responses; Hazards; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Surveys; Communities; Behavior; Public opinion; Forecasting; California; Warning systems; Attitudes; Mass media; Disasters

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