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• 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

• Reasenberg, P. A.; Shostak, N.; Terwilliger, S.
  Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty.
  January 2006, 38 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1020
  Keywords: Economic factors; California; Hurricanes; San Francisco Bay; United States; Floods; Hazards; Calculation; Computer programs; Modeling; Losses; Emergency management; Earthquakes

• Hurricane Warning: The Critical Need for a National Hurricane Research Initiative.
  January 2007, 40 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NSB-06-115
  Keywords: ; Natural disasters; Hurricanes; Disasters; Economic impact; Hazards; Infrastructure; Losses

• Landslide Loss Reduction: A Guide for State and Local Government Planning. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 52.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., August 1989, 60 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-182
  Keywords: ; Emergency plans; Methodology; Landslides; Ground movements; Geological processes; State government; Disasters; Resources; Hazards; Local government; Losses; Mitigation

• Seismic Vulnerability and Impact of Disruption of Lifelines in the Conterminous United States.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1991, 473 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-224
  Keywords: Vulnerability; Water systems; Benefits; Electric power; Emergency services; Losses; Mitigation; Economic analysis; Hazards; Lifelines; Recommendations; Impact; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

• Hazards U.S. 99 (HAZUS(Trade Name)99) Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States.
  February 2001, 42 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-366
  Keywords: Vulnerability; HAZards United States (HAZUS); Buildings; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Urban areas; Exposure; Seismic effects; Losses; Earthquakes

• Bolton, P. A.; Heikkala, S. G.; Greene, M. M.; May, P. J.
  Land Use Planning for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: A Handbook for Planners.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 134 p.
  Identifying Number(s): SP-14
  Keywords: Cost analysis; Damage assessment; Economic factors; Land use; Land use zoning; Risk; Buildings; Real property; Hazards; Safety; Sales; Ordinances; Handbooks; Decision making; Ownership; Losses; Earthquakes; Building codes

• Swan, S. W.; Harris, S. K.
  Island of Guam Earthquake of August 8, 1993.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., September 30, 1993, 58 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0017
  Keywords: Structures; High-rise hotels; Reinforced concrete; Liquefaction; Earthquake; Tourism; Injuries; Damage assessment; Tectonics; Magnitude; Harbor facilities; Coasts; Buildings; Economic impact; Soil properties; Losses; Guam; Seismology; Earthquake engineering

• Shinozuka, M.; Rose, A.; Eguchi, R. T.
  Engineering and Socioeconomic Impacts of Earthquakes: An Analysis of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions in the New Madrid Area.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Government, Albany.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., January 1998, 216 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ['MCEER-MONO-2', 'ISBN-0-9656682-2-3']
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Electric utilities; Public policy; Energy use; Memphis (Tennessee); Risk assessment; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Socioeconomic impacts; Electric power industry; Lifelines; Industry; Policy making; Vulnerability; Regional analysis; Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Social impact; Losses; Seismic effects; Economic models; Electric power transmission; Earthquake engineering; Electric power distribution; Electric power production; Electric power generation; Business

• Taylor, C. E.; Chang, S. E.; Eguchi, R. T.
  Updating Real-Time Earthquake Loss Estimates: Methods, Problems and Insights.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., December 17, 2001, 72 p.
  Keywords: Research needs; Bayesian methods; Northridge (California); Loss estimation methods; Sampling; Lessons learned; Estimation methods; Stratification; Standard errors; Updationg loss estimates; Statistical procedures; Losses; Earthquakes