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• Saxena, S. K.
  Siting and Geotechnical Program Focus and Directions. Report upon the Deliberations of a Workshop Held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois on August 4-5, 1986.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1986, 185 p.
  Keywords: Failure; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Hazards; Meetings; Soil dynamics; Rock mechanics; Soil mechanics; Construction

• Tierney, K. J.; Petak, W. J.; Hahn, H.
  Physical Disability and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., May 1987, 214 p.
  Keywords: Disabled persons; Questionnaires; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Safety; Earthquakes

• Recommendations for the Strong-Motion Program in the United States.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1987, 68 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CETS-EE-006
  Keywords: ; Economic factors; Earthquake resistant structures; Bursting; Earthquakes; Hazards; Safety; Motion; Seismographs; Design criteria; Geological faults

• 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: Structural engineering; Fragility; Reactor components; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Nuclear power plants; Probabilistic risk assessment; Safety; Seismic effects

• First-Year Program in Research, Education and Technology Transfer, September 1, 1986-August 31, 1987.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 5, 1987, 52 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0001
  Keywords: ; Education; Research management; Information services; Seismology; Hazards; Technology transfer; Computer programs; Earthquakes

• Earle, T. C.
  Role of Information in the Judgment of Risks from Natural Hazards: Technical Description of Project and Results.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1987, 67 p.
  Keywords: Whatcom County (Washington); Design; Water supply; Attitudes; Seismic waves; Seismic detection; Risk; Hazards; Washington (State); Multivariate analysis; Decision making; Mass communication; Earthquakes; Water pollution

• Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction.
  January 1987, 113 p.
  Keywords: Forest fires; Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Volcanoes; IDNHR (International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction); Disasters; Floods; Fires; Hazards; Cooperative programs; Safety; Tsunamis; Firestorms; Earthquakes

• Jacob, K. H.
  Proceedings from the Symposium on Seismic Hazards, Ground Motions, Soil-Liquefaction and Engineering Practice in Eastern North America, Held at the Sterling Forest Conference Center, Tuxedo, New York, on October 20-22, 1987.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1987, 537 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0025
  Keywords: Liquefaction; Soil dynamics; Coding; Soil structure interactions; Engineering; Seismicity; Earthmovements; Attenuation; Tectonics; Seismic sources; Hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Soils; Meetings; Seismic effects; Eastern United States; Seismic detection; Canada; Ground motion; Earthquakes

• 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: Structures; Emergency planning; Damage; Disasters; Disaster relief; Responses; Loads (Forces); Economic factors; Hazards; Safety; Bridge foundations; Foundations; Insurance; Construction; Foreign technology; Buildings; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Mortality; Emergencies; Walls; Ground motion; Disaster planning; Health; Earthquakes

• Ross, C. L.
  Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters on Transportation Lifelines.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1988, 176 p.
  Keywords: Cost analysis; Damage assessment; Transportation; Disasters; Tornadoes; Hazards; Data processing; Economic impact; Case studies; Earthquakes