NEHRP Clearinghouse

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• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Provisions: Design Examples.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., August 2006, 860 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-451
  Keywords: Seismic design; Construction materials; Procedures; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Hazards; Configurations; Reduction; Building codes; Recommendations; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

• Miles, S. B.; Keefer, D. K.
  Comprehensive Areal Model of Earthquake-Induced Landslides: Technical Specification and User Guide.
  January 2007, 69 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2007-1072
  Keywords: ; Soils; Design; Landslides; User guides; Hazards; Maps; Rocks; Earthquakes

• Wood, N.; Soulard, C.
  Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
  January 2008, 44 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
  Keywords: Statistical analysis; Tsunamis; Washington (State); Vulnerability assessments; Economic data; Coastal areas; Land cover data; Figures; Composite indices; Hazards; Tables (Data); Sensitivity; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Natural disasters; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Exposure; Communities; Economic assests; Critical facilities data; Geographic information system tools; Population data; Earthquakes

• Lee, G. C.; Tong, M.; Yen, W. P.
  MCEER Special Report on Multiple Hazard Bridge Design: Design of Highway Bridges Against Extreme Hazard Events - Issues, Principles and Approaches.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 30, 2008, 114 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-SP06
  Keywords: ; Load bearing capacity; Disasters; Highway design; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Highway bridges; Loads (Forces)

• Benjamin, J. R.; Webster, F. A.
  Optimal Reliability of Lifeline Levee Systems Under Multiple Natural Hazards.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1, 1984, 138 p.
  Identifying Number(s): JBA-109-030-H-01
  Keywords: ; Probability theory; Subsidence; Levels; Failure; Flood control; Landslides; Mathematical models; Flooding; Bursting; Graphs (Charts); Stability; Disasters; Shear strength; Hazards; Water flow; Drawdown; Earthquakes

• Moore, G. B.; Yin, R. K.
  Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Determining Soil Liquefaction Potential.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1984, 61 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-942570-10-3
  Keywords: Research projects; Policies; Technology innovation; Utilization; Hazards; Technology transfer; Liquefaction (Soils); Case studies; Earthquakes

• Perkins, J.
  Liability of Private Businesses and Industries for Earthquake Hazards and Losses: Background Research Reports.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1984, 207 p.
  Keywords: Liabilities; Law (Jurisprudence); Hazards; Safety; Accidents; Industries; Private organizations; Earthquakes

• Perkins, J.
  Liability of Private Businesses and Industries for Earthquake Hazards and Losses: A Guide to the Law, Its Impacts and Safety Implications.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1984, 59 p.
  Keywords: Torts; Law (Jurisprudence); Hazards; Safety; Private law; Industries; Private organizations; Earthquakes

• Selkregg, L. L.; Ender, R. L.; Johnson, S. F.; Kim, J. C. K.; Gorski, S. E.
  Seismic Hazard Mitigation: Planning and Policy Implementation - The Alaska Case.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1984, 362 p.
  Keywords: ; Planning; Seismic waves; Policies; Alaska; Disasters; Risk; Recovery; Hazards; Safety; Tsunamis; Earthquakes

• Lambright, W. H.
  Role of States in Earthquake and Natural Hazard Innovation at the Local Level: A Decision-Making Study.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1984, 338 p.
  Keywords: Decision making; Emergency preparedness; Nevada; California; State government; Disasters; Hazards; Government policies; South Carolina; Comparison; Local government; Japan; Earthquakes