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  • 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

  • Petak, W. J.; Atkisson, A. A.; Gleye, P. H.
    Natural Hazards: A Public Policy Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1978, 541 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Wind (Meteorology); Hazards; Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Risk; Rivers; Damage; Government policy; Earthquakes; Storm surges; Landslides; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Expansion; Cost analysis; Disasters; Soil water

  • 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: Response; Storms; Research management; Communications networks; Sampling; NTISDODXA; NTISNSFG; Community relations; Group dynamics; Earthquakes; Social communication; Civilian population; Warning systems; Information transfer; Tornadoes; Emergencies; Hurricanes; Weather forecasting; Disasters; Floods

  • McMillan, A.; Adams, B. J.; Reynolds, A.; Brown, T.; Liang, D.; Womble, J. A.
    MCEER Response: Advanced Technology for Rapid Tornado Damage Assessment Following The 'Super Tuesday' Tornado Outbreak of February 2008.
    Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Wind Engineering Research Center.; Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 18, 2008, 22 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-SP01
    Keywords: Buildings; VIEWS (Visualizing Impacts of Earthquakes with Satellites); Damage assessment; Data collection; Satellite imagery; Ground surveys; Meteorological data; Tornadoes; Remote sensing

  • 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: ; Hazard mitigation; Policies; Risk assessment; Case studies; Wildfire; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Economic recovery; Emergency planning; Recovery; Natural disasters; Financial services; Hurricanes; Disaster recovery; Tornadoes; Legal aspects; United States; Floods

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

  • Cochrane, H. C.
    Natural Hazards and Their Distributive Effects.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 149 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Damage; Federal assistance programs; Financing; Florida; South Dakota; Earthquakes; Social effect; Forecasting; Gulf of Mexico; California; Tornadoes; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Disasters; Disaster relief

  • Are You Ready. Your Guide to Disaster Preparedness.
    September 1990, 102 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-H-34
    Keywords: ; Storms; Tsunamis; Hazardous materials; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Nuclear power plants; Shelters; Disaster planning; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Fires; Floods; Disasters

  • 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: Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Structural design; Environmental engineering; Structural engineering; Natural disasters; Design criteria; Tornadoes; Disasters

  • Quarantelli, E. L.
    Development of Collaborative Japan-United States Socio-Behavioral Disaster Research.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1982, 232 p.
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Tsunamis; Snowstorms; Earthquakes; Behavior; Information systems; Bibliographies; Japan; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Research projects; Fires; Volcanoes; United States; Disasters; Floods