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• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Four: Awareness and Concern in the Public.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 372 p.
  Keywords: ; Mass media; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Public opinion; Disasters; Responses; Surveys; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
  Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Five: Action Response in the Public.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 164 p.
  Keywords: Evaluation; Emergency preparedness; Mass media; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Public opinion; Behavior; Responses; Government agencies; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Leik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendal, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
  Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Weather Service, Washington, DC., April 1981, 79 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Public opinion; Disasters; Floods; Hazards; Responses; Surveys; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes

• Wyner, A. J.; Mann, D. E.
  Seismic Safety Policy in California: Local Governments and Earthquakes.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1983, 381 p.
  Keywords: Seismic safety; Decision making; California; Attitudes; Land use; Seismic risk; Earthquake engineering; Government policies; Local government; Building codes; Earthquakes

• Jones, B. G.; Tomazevic, M.
  Proceedings of the International Conference (3rd): The Social and Economic Aspects of Earthquakes and Planning to Mitigate their Impacts Held at Bled, Yugoslavia on June 29-July 2, 1981.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 635 p.
  Keywords: Populations; Vulnerability; Emergency planning; Attitudes; Construction; Disaster preparedness; Renovating; Foreign technology; Risk; State government; Disaster relief; Social effect; Meetings; Economic impact; Hazards; Management; Rehabilitation; Earthquakes

• Palm, R. I.; Hodgson, M. E.
  Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, Experience, and Behavior of Homeowners. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1993, 166 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-09-6
  Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Comparative evaluations; Public policy; Disasters; Floods; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Perception; State planning; California; Insurance; Attitudes; Puerto Rico; Public opinion; Human behavior; Local planning; Surveys; 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