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  • Protecting Business Operations. Second Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
    August 1998, 48 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-331
    Keywords: ; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Emergency preparedness; Seismic design; Cost benefit analysis; US FEMA; Businesses; Hurricanes; Natural hazards; Floods

  • Schwab, J.; Topping, K. C.; Eadie, C. C.; Deyle, R. E.; Smith, R. A.
    Planning for the Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction.
    January 2003, 352 p.
    Keywords: ; Hazard mitigation; Policies; Risk assessment; Case studies; Wildfire; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Economic recovery; Emergency planning; Recovery; Natural disasters; Financial services; Hurricanes; Disaster recovery; Tornadoes; Legal aspects; United States; Floods

  • White, G. F.; Waterstone, P.; White, A.; Preston, K.; Cochran, A.
    Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 1, Number 2.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., December 1976, 14 p.
    Keywords: Flood plains; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Government policies; Tokyo (Japan); Landslides; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Japan; Insurance; Predictions; Newsletters; Warning systems; Disasters; Planning

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 4, Number 4.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., June 1980, 14 p.
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Australia; Earthquakes; Texas; Forecasting; California; Hurricanes; Land use; Floods; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 6, Number 5, May 1982.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1982, 14 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Hazards; Dams; Earthquake resistant structures; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Management; Recovery; Japan; Hurricanes; Insurance; Warning systems; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • 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

  • Kafali, C.; Grigoriu, M.
    System Performance Under Multi-Hazard Environments.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 4, 2008, 250 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0006
    Keywords: Design alternatives; Nonstructural systems; Structural systems; Performance assessments; Earthquakes; Ground accelerations; Multi-hazard environments; Probabilistic models; Natural disasters; Hurricanes; System performance; Wind velocities

  • Are You Ready. Your Guide to Disaster Preparedness.
    September 1990, 102 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-H-34
    Keywords: ; Storms; Tsunamis; Hazardous materials; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Nuclear power plants; Shelters; Disaster planning; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Fires; Floods; Disasters

  • Marshall, R. D.; Yokel, F. Y.
    Recommended Performance-Based Criteria for the Design of Manufactured Home Foundation Systems to Resist Wind and Seismic Loads.
    Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of Research Evaluation and Monitoring., August 1995, 86 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5664
    Keywords: Dynamic structural analysis; Prefabricated buildings; Wind engineering; Building codes; Performance evaluation; Earthquake engineering; Anchors (Structural); Soils; Soil structure interactions; Foundations (Structures); Wind effects; Seismic effects; Design criteria; Hurricanes; Wind loads; Structural vibrations

  • Proceedings of the U.S.-Southeast Asia Symposium on Engineering for Natural Hazards Protection Held at Manila, Philippines on September 26-30, 1977.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 438 p.
    Keywords: Storms; Hazards; Buildings; Philippines; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Earthquakes; Safety engineering; Structures; Hurricanes; Wind loads; Natural hazards; Floods