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  • Natural Hazards Observer Index. Volume 1, Number 1-Volume 4, Number 3.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1980, 12 p.
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Newsletters; Hurricanes; Landslides; Volcanoes; Disaster preparedness; Insurance; Disasters; Tornadoes; Earthquakes; Indexes (Documentation); Warning systems; Coastal zone management; Flood plains; Periodicals

  • Natural Hazards Observer. Volume 6, Number 2, November 1981.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1981, 14 p.
    Keywords: Emergency planning; Newsletters; Insurance; Disaster preparedness; Seismology; Mount Saint Helens; Disasters; Floods; Disaster relief; Hazards; Tornadoes; Recovery; Management; Information centers; Warning systems; Maps; Earthquakes

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

  • Yin, R. K.; Moore, G. B.
    Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Hazards Insurance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1984, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-942570-09-X
    Keywords: Probability theory; Consumer affairs; Insurance; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Households; Surveys; Decision making

  • 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

  • Rubin, C. B.; Yezer, A. M.; Hassain, Q.; Webb, A.
    Summary of Major Natural Disaster Incidents in the U.S. 1965-85.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1986, 50 p.
    Keywords: Hurricanes; Landslides; Drought; Tables (Data); Water shortage; Floods; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Storms; Federally-declared disasters; Damage assessment; Wounds and injuries; Coastal areas; Snow; High wind; Statistics; Debris avalanches; Levees; Ice; Natural disasters; Insurance; Flood waves; Ocean waves; Mudflows; Rivers; Deaths; Wind effects; United States; Dam failure; Earthquakes

  • 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: ; Benefits; Castrophes; Tornadoes; Floods; Public safety; Economic theory; Costs; Hazards; Assessments; Natural disasters; Insurance; Fires; Information systems; Losses; Geophysics; Geology; Risk management; Data analysis; Maps; Earthquakes

  • Earthquake Insurance: A Public Policy Dilemma. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 7.
    May 1985, 49 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-68
    Keywords: ; Businesses; Federal government; Public policies; Insurance; Disasters; Consumers; Hazards; Local government; Procurement; 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

  • Brillinger, D. R.
    Earthquake Risk and Insurance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1992, 50 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-92/14
    Keywords: ; Seismic design; Payment; Statistical analysis; Insurance; Mathematical models; Risk; Software; Earthquakes