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• Earthquake Preparedness in the San Francisco Bay Region: An Inventory and Assessment of Current Programs and Activities and Recommendations for Future Comprehensive Earthquake Preparedness Projects.
  California Seismic Safety Commission, Sacramento.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1984, 126 p.
  Keywords: Structures; Civil defense; Objectives; Damage; Policies; State government; Disasters; Casualties; Fires; Hazards; Urban areas; San Francisco (California); History; Assessments; Losses; Earthquakes; Geological faults

• Hwang, H.; Lee, C. S.; Ng, K. W.
  Soil Effects on Earthquake Ground Motions in the Memphis Area.
  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 2, 1990, 108 p.
  Keywords: Shelby County (Tennessee); Earth movements; Amplification; Dynamic response; Shear stress; Soil properties; Soil profiles; Memphis (Tennessee); Soil mechanics; Earthquakes

• Constantinou, M. C.; Kartoum, A.; Reinhorn, A. M.; Bradford, P.
  Experimental and Theoretical Study of a Sliding Isolation System for Bridges.
  State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of Civil Engineering.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 15, 1991, 222 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-91-0027
  Keywords: ; Bridges (Structures); Structural vibration; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Energy dissipation; Vibration damping; Displacement; Vibration isolators; Bearings; Earthquakes; Structural analysis

• Ross, K. E. K.
  Proceedings from Earthquakes in the Northeast. Are We Ignoring the Hazards. A Workshop on Earthquake Science and Safety for Educators. Held in Durham, New Hampshire on September 25-26, 1992.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., April 2, 1993, 156 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0005
  Keywords: Education; Psychology; Geology; Students; Emergency planning; Preparedness; Children; Northeastern Region (United States); Disasters; Buildings; Schools; Meetings; Safety; Curriculum; Earthquakes

• O'Rourke, T. D.; Palmer, M. C.
  Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994: Performance of Gas Transmission Pipelines.
  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., May 16, 1994, 90 p.
  Keywords: Natural gas pipelines; Damage assessment; California; San Fernando Valley; Natural gas distribution systems; Northridge earthquake; Los Angeles (California); Earthquakes

• Lew, H. S.
  Wind and Seismic Effects - Proceedings of the Joint Panel Conference of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (7th) Held at Tokyo, Japan on May 20-23, 1975.
  April 1977, 516 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-470
  Keywords: Structures; Volcanism; Liquefaction (Soils); Soil dynamics; Developing countries; Natural hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Wind (Meteorology); Natural disasters; Meetings; Design criteria; Wind pressure; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Design standards; Gust loads; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

• Lew, H. S.
  Wind and Seismic Effects - Proceedings of the Joint Panel Conference of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (9th), Held at Tokyo, Japan in May 24-27, 1977.
  September 1978, 523 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-523
  Keywords: Seismic design; Bridges; Typhoons; Wind pressure; Seismic waves; Earth movements; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Tornadoes; Meetings; Design criteria; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

• Creating a Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Assessment and Risk Management.
  January 2008, 110 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1160
  Keywords: ; Inventories; Structures (Buildings); Buildings; Risk; Mitigation; Urban areas; Fatalities; Trends; Population growth; Assessments; Losses; Earthquakes

• Elnashai, A. S.; Cleveland, L. J.; Jefferson, T.; Harrald, J.
  Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA. New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Earthquake Response Planning Project. Final Phase 1 Report.
  Earthquake Engineering Research Inst., Berkeley, CA.; Construction Engineering Research Lab. (Army), Champaign, IL., September 2008, 936 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MAE-08-02
  Keywords: Emergency plans; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Seismic waves; Social impacts; Federal government; Investigations; State government; Earthquakes; Hazards; Asssessments; Local government; Response

• Dunbar, P. K.; Weaver, C. S.
  U.S. States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Historical Record and Sources for Waves.
  August 2008, 59 p.
  Keywords: ; Natural disasters; Forecasting; Landslides; Risk; Floods; Hazards; Ocean waves; Tsunamis; Historical aspects; Earthquakes; Coastal regions