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  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 3, Number 4, June 1979.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., June 1979, 14 p.
    Keywords: Legislation; Weather forecasting; Hazards; Flood plains; Storms; Coasts; Damage; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Research; Litigation; Natural resources; Insurance; Tornadoes; Newsletters; Wetlands; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Isenberg, J.
    The Role of Corrosion in the Seismic Performance of Buried Steel Pipelines in Three United States Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Applied Science and Research Applications., June 1978, 85 p.
    Keywords: Washington (State); Water pipelines; Earth movements; San Fernando Earthquake; Corrosion prevention; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Leakage; Steel construction; Metal pipe; Underground corrosion; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Santa Rosa Earthquake; California; Corrosion; Damage; Earthquake resistant structures; Steels; Piping systems; Subsurface structures; Puget Sound

  • Cochrane, H. C.
    Natural Hazards and Their Distributive Effects.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 149 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Damage; Federal assistance programs; Financing; Florida; South Dakota; Earthquakes; Social effect; Forecasting; Gulf of Mexico; California; Tornadoes; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Disasters; Disaster relief

  • O'Rourke, T. D.; Stewart, H. E.; Blackburn, F. T.; Dickerman, T. S.
    Geotechnical and Lifeline Aspects of the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Dept. of Structural Engineering., January 1990, 68 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-90-0001
    Keywords: Damage; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Comparison; Water pipelines; Water supply; Underground structures; Urban areas; Fire fighting; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Liquefaction (Soils); California; San Francisco Earthquake

  • Earthquake Engineering Research at Berkeley, 1988.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1988, 203 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-88/17
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Seismic waves; Damping; Hazards; Friction; Earthquake resistant structures; Buildings; Meetings; Damage; Earthquakes; Elastic properties; Pitch; Gravity dams; Structural steels; Soil structure; Seiders; Interactions; Design criteria; Hi-rise buildings; Mathematical models; Ductility

  • Holzer, T. L.; Noce, T. E.; Bennett, M. J.; Di Alessandro, C.; Boatwright, J.
    Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading in Oceano, California, during the 2003 San Simeon Earthquake.
    January 2004, 56 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2004-1269
    Keywords: Damage; Liquefaction damage; Lateral spreading; Subsurface exploration; United States Geological Survey (USGS); Earthquakes; Aftershocks; Monitoring; San Simeon (California); Seismic effects; Oceano (California); Site amplification; Site analysis

  • Badillo-Almaraz, H.; Whittaker, A. S.; Reinhorn, A. M.; Cimellaro, G. P.
    Seismic Fragility of Suspended Ceiling Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 4, 2006, 256 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-06-0001
    Keywords: Damage; Failures; Buildings; Literature review; Earthquake engineering; Fragility; Ceilings; Suspended ceiling systems; Simulation; Structural analysis

  • Supplementary Environmental Assessment: Farm Shop Storage Building Project, California Polytechnic State University, FEMA-1505-DR-CA.
    July 2007, 36 p.
    Keywords: Farm shop storage buildings; Environmental impacts; Damage; Buildings; Federal assistance programs; Repair; California Polytechnic State University; Earthquakes; US FEMA; Disasters

  • Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, 2006 Edition.
    January 2006, 571 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-547
    Keywords: ; Damage; Hazards; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Vulnerability; Seismic design; Construction; Design standards; Mitigation

  • Repair of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1999, 71 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-308
    Keywords: ; Damage; Performance evaluation; Buildings; Repair; Specifications; Masonry; Earthquakes; Walls; Concrete blocks; Design; Procedures