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  • Rogers, A. M.; Walsh, T. J.; Kockelman, W. J.; Priest, G. R.
    Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest. Volume 2.
    January 1998, 244 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1560
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Ground motion; Risk assessment; Pacific northwest region (United States); Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Risk reduction; Landslides; Seismic effects; Seismology; Tectonics; Disasters

  • Liepold, M.
    Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6 (Revised Edition).
    July 2002, 330 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-159
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Education; Buildings; Meetings; Curriculum; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Geology; Preparedness; Schools; Safety; Children; Teachers; Disasters

  • Bernknopf, R. L.; Brookshire, D. S.; Ganderton, P. T.
    Role of Geoscience Information in Reducing Catastrophic Loss Using a Web-Based Economics Experiment.
    January 2003, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1683
    Keywords: ; Floods; Hazards; Risk management; Earthquakes; Public safety; Geology; Data analysis; Natural disasters; Economic theory; Losses; Information systems; Maps; Insurance; Geophysics; Assessments; Tornadoes; Fires; Castrophes; Costs; Benefits

  • Hwang, H. H. M.
    Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Seismic Margins Studies for Nuclear Power Plants.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 15, 1987, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0011
    Keywords: Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Fragility; Probabilistic risk assessment; Structural engineering; Seismic effects; Nuclear power plants; Safety; Reactor components

  • Pantelic, J.; Reinhorn, A.
    Report on the Whittier-Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1987, 34 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0026
    Keywords: Hazards; Foundations; Walls; Structures; Disaster planning; Emergencies; Foreign technology; Bridge foundations; Health; Earthquakes; Construction; Disaster recovery; Responses; Ground motion; Buildings; Emergency planning; Recovery; Safety; Mortality; Disaster relief; Disasters; Damage; Loads (Forces); Insurance; Economic factors

  • Earthquake Prediction and Hazard Mitigation - Options for USGS and NSF Programs.
    Office of the Assistant Director for Scientific, Technological and International Affairs (NSF), Washington, D.C., September 15, 1976, 113 p.
    Keywords: Hazards; Tsunamis; Hazard assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Earthquake warning systems; Earth movements; Seismic risk analysis; Predictions; Geological faults; Seismic waves

  • Summary of Awards; Transition Quarter 1976.
    January 1977, 56 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-77-28', 'NSF/RA-770135']
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Grants; Reviews; Earthquakes; Air pollution; Weather modification; Natural resources; Research projects; Regional planning; Disasters

  • Summary of Awards 1975, Division of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology.
    January 1975, 137 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-75-41', 'NSF/RA/E-75/215']
    Keywords: Hazards; Federal assistance programs; Water pollution; Rural areas; Grants; Earthquakes; Urban areas; Weather modification; Organic compounds; Trace contaminants; Land use; Nitrogen inorganic compounds; Energy; Air pollution; Environmental protection; Fires; Regional planning; Metals; Disasters; Environmental impacts; Investigations; Management planning; Research projects

  • National Science Foundation Natural Hazard Mitigation Grantees Workshop. Held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on April 27-28, 1995.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., April 1995, 157 p.
    Keywords: Earthquake resistance; Hazards; Storms; Earthquake engineering; Soil stability; Earthquakes; Research and development; Structural engineering; Wind effects; Structural response; Geotechnical engineering; Research projects; Mitigation; Disasters; Floods

  • Huo, J. R.; Hwang, H. H. M.
    Seismic Fragility Analysis of Equipment and Structures in a Memphis Electric Substation.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Buffalo, NY.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., August 10, 1995, 170 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-95-0014
    Keywords: Performance evaluation; Hazards; Seismic response; Damage assessment; Power substations; Soil-structure interactions; Electric utlities; Capacitors; Earthquake damage; Lightning arresters; Switches; Circuit breakers; Ground motion; Electrical equipment; Transformers; Earthquake engineering; Seismic effects; Seismic waves; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Fragility analysis; Voltage regulators; Memphis (Tennessee); Potheats