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  • Hirschberg, J. G.; Gordon, P.; Petak, W. J.
    Natural Hazards: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Model.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., July 1978, 320 p.
    Keywords: Hurricanes; Landslides; Damage; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Expansion; Benefit cost analysis; Mathematical models; Storm surges; Social effect; Wind (Meteorology); Clay soils; Risk; Economic impact; Gales; Rivers; Input output analysis; United States; Demand (Economics); Socioeconomic impact assessment model; Earthquakes

  • 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: Cost analysis; Risk assessment; Expansion; Wind (Meteorology); Government policy; Hurricanes; Landslides; Damage; Disasters; Floods; Soil water; Hazards; Rivers; Storm surges; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Risk; 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

  • Mehta, K. C.
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Wind Climate Held at Asheville, North Carolina on November 12-13, 1979.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA., January 1979, 249 p.
    Keywords: ; Climate; Wind (Meteorology); Wind direction; Data; Mathematical models; Atmospheric motion; Acquisition; Hazards; Meetings; Data processing; Weather forecasting; Wind velocity; 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

  • Supplemental Environmental Assessment: City Hall Parking Lot, City of Paso Robles.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., June 2007, 47 p.
    Keywords: Parking lots; Municipal buildings; Emergency preparedness; Wind (Meteorology); California; US FEMA; Rain; Environmental assessment; Paso Robles (California); Floods; San Luis Obispo County (California); Fire; Local government; Earthquakes

  • Imai, H.; Yun, C. B.; Maruyama, O.; Shinozuka, M.
    Fundamentals of System Identification in Structural Dynamics.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 26, 1989, 62 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-89-0008
    Keywords: Wind (Meteorology); Statistical analysis; Mathematical models; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Nonlinear systems; Measurement; Ocean waves; Loads (Forces); Dynamic structural analysis

  • Cheng, F. Y.; Pantelides, C.
    Algorithm Development for Using Optimal Control in Structural Optimization Subjected to Seismic and Wind Forces.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., January 1988, 296 p.
    Identifying Number(s): STRUCTURAL SER-88-1-15
    Keywords: Numerical analysis; Earthquake resistant structures; Wind (Meteorology); Algorithms; Damping; Structural design; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Stiffness; Displacement; Loads (Forces)

  • Nalivkin, D. V.
    Hurricanes, Storms and Tornadoes: Geographic Characteristics and Geological Activity.
    cJanuary 1982, 609 p.
    Identifying Number(s): TT-75-52013
    Keywords: Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Ocean currents; Storms; Geography; Sedimentation; Meteorology; Marine meteorology; Air currents; Geological faults; Marine microorganisms; Wind (Meteorology); Air water interactions; Foreign technology; Atmospheric circulation; Geology; Translations; Environmental transport; Air land interactions; Earthquakes

  • Chiu, A. N. L.; Danuatmodjo, A. S.
    Proceedings of the U.S.-Asia Conference on Engineering for Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage (2nd). Held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on June 22-26, 1992.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.; Hawaii Univ. at Manoa, Honolulu.; Indonesia Disaster Management Center, Djakarta., cJune 1992, 523 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['EMNHD-2', 'ISBN-979-8355-00-8']
    Keywords: ; Wind (Meteorology); Seismic waves; Landslides; Volcanoes; Storms; Structural design; Buildings; Floods; Earthquakes; Avalanches; Meetings; Disaster planning; Dyamic structural analysis; Tsunamis; Engineering geology; Mitigation