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  • State and Local Migitation Planning How-to Guide. Understanding Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Estimating Losses.
    August 2001, 167 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-386-2
    Keywords: Hazard profiles; Loss estimation; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Floods; Tsunami; Tornado; Local government; Wildfire; Earthquakes; State government; Landslides; Losses; Identify hazards; Profile hazard events; Risks; Mitigation planning; Coastal storms; Natural hazards; Asset inventories

  • Lee, K. L.; Duncan, J. M.
    Landslide of April 25, 1974 on the Mantaro River, Peru.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., January 1975, 81 p.
    Keywords: ; Damage; Seismic waves; Dams; Vibration; Peru; Landslides; Soil properties; Earth movements; Hydraulic models; Flooding; Photographs; Soil mechanics; Magnitude; Structures; Forecasting; Warning systems; Predictions; Maps; Disasters; Mantaro River

  • 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

  • Saada, A. S.; Fries, G.; Ker, C. C.
    An Evaluation of Laboratory Testing Techniques in Soil Dynamics.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1982, 71 p.
    Keywords: Shear tests; Test equipment; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Sands; Earthquakes; Triaxial tests; Soil tests; Soil dynamics; Landslides; Clays; Cyclic loads

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume VII, Number 3, January, 1983.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1983, 14 p.
    Keywords: Flood insurance; Hazards; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Management; Landslides; Flood plain zoning; Warning systems; Newsletters; Disasters; Disaster relief

  • 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: Damage assessment; Dam failure; High wind; Coastal areas; Deaths; Hurricanes; Flood waves; Wounds and injuries; Tables (Data); Storms; Water shortage; Debris avalanches; Rivers; Earthquakes; Federally-declared disasters; Statistics; Ocean waves; Snow; Mudflows; Floods; Disaster relief; Levees; Ice; Landslides; Natural disasters; Wind effects; Tornadoes; Insurance; United States; Drought

  • 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: Periodicals; Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Indexes (Documentation); Landslides; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Insurance; Warning systems; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Disasters

  • Chrostowski, J. D.; Eguchi, R. T.; Hart, G. C.
    Building Losses from Natural Hazards: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 22 p.
    Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Tsunamis; Expansive soils; Earthquakes; Computer applications; Landslides; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Natural hazards; Floods

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 1, Number 1.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., September 1976, 10 p.
    Keywords: Warning systems; Planning; Hazards; Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Government policies; Tokyo (Japan); Landslides; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Japan; Tornadoes; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Insurance; Disasters; Predictions

  • Ellingwood, B. R.
    An Investigation of the Miyagi-ken-oki, Japan, Earthquake of June 12, 1978.
    October 1980, 238 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-592
    Keywords: Sendai City (Japan); Ground motion; Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Landslides; Earth movements; Liquefaction (Soils); Japan; Bridges