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Bruneau, M.
Proceedings of the Workshop on Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Management of Complex Civil Emergencies and Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design. Held in New York, New York on June 24-25, 2002.
October 18, 2002, 180 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-02-SP08
Keywords: Blast loads; Terrorism; September 11 terrorist attacks; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Implosions; Risk; Man made disasters; Emergency response; Crisis management; Explosions; Seismic design; September 11; Design codes; Structural engineering; Threats; World Trade Center; Natural disastersNational Conference on Earthquakes and Related Hazards: Earthquake Prediction, Reaction and Response to Prediction, Hazard Reduction, Public Policy, Invitational Conference, 1977 Held at Boulder, Colorado on November 16-18, 1977.
January 1977, 87 p.
Keywords: Earthquake prediction; Tsunamis; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Meetings; Earthquakes; Government policies; Natural disasters; Attitudes; Land use; Fires; Floods; Seismic riskScawthorn, C.; Cowell, A. D.; Borden, F.
Fire-Related Aspects of the Northridge Earthquake.
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., March 1998, 166 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-98-743
Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Incident management; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Pipelines; Emergency planning; Surveys; Natural disasters; Investigations; Northridge earthquake; Fire departments; California; Maps; Fires; San Fernando Valley (California); Natural gasHwang, L. S.; Hammack, J.
Japan Sea Central Region Tsunami of May 26, 1983: A Reconnaissance Report.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1984, 42 p.
Identifying Number(s): CETS-CND-026
Keywords: Tsunami; Ocean waves; Earthquakes; Coastal engineering; Natural disasters; JapanRubin, 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; DroughtSupplemental Environmental Assessment to the Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Typcial Recurring Actions Resulting from Flood, Earthquake, Fire, Rain, and Wind Disasters in California as Proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mojave Water Agency, Groundwater Monitoring Wells Replacement Project, FEMA-DR-1577-CA.
October 2006, 11 p.
Keywords: ; Environmental impacts; Rain; Federal assistance programs; Ground water; Crisis management; Earthquakes; Recovery; Monitoring; Restoration; Natural disasters; Water wells; Wind; California; Emergencies; Fires; Mitigation; FloodsLew, H. S.
Wind and Seismic Effects - Proceedings of the Joint Panel Conference of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (7th) Held at Tokyo, Japan on May 20-23, 1975.
April 1977, 516 p.
Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-470
Keywords: Dynamic response; Wind (Meteorology); Ground motion; Developing countries; Volcanism; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Earthquakes; Gust loads; Soil dynamics; Natural disasters; Liquefaction (Soils); Structures; Design criteria; Wind pressure; Design standards; Natural hazards; Dynamic structural analysisAction Plan for Performance Based Seismic Design: Executive Summary.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., April 2000, 81 p.
Keywords: Lifesafety levels; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Performance-based seismic design criteria; Seismic design; Action plans; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natural disasters; Structural analysisFlood Information Tool User Manual. Revision 7.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., April 1, 2003, 104 p.
Keywords: Floods; Natural hazards loss estimation methodology; Models; Flood Information Tool (FIT); Earthquakes; Estimating; Analytical processes; Validation; Input data; Natural disasters; Coastal analysis; Project setup; Wind; Potential losses; Geographic information system (GIS) software; HAZUSMH; Conversion methods; Riverine analysis; Menu optionsFacing Tomorrow's Challenges: U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2017.
January 2007, 81 p.
Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1309
Keywords: Environmental impacts; Science; Research management; Risk; Wildland fires; Ecosystems; Earthquakes; Trends; Global aspects; Droughts; Threats; Natural disasters; Strategic planning; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Climates; Natural resources; Land use; Volcanoes; USGS (U.S. Geological Survey); Geologic surveys; Floods