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• Rubin, C. B.; Saperstein, M. D.; Barbee, D. G.
  Community Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 298 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Landslides; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Storms; Intergovernmental relationships; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Case studies; Runoff; Community planning; Recovery; Local government; Communities; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Surveys; Dam failure; Earthquakes

• 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

• Fuis, G. S.; Murphy, J. M.; Okaya, D. A.; Clayton, R. W.; Davis, P. M.
  Report for Borehole Explosion Data Acquired in the 1999 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE II), Southern California: Part 1. Description of the Survey.
  January 2001, 82 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-01-408
  Keywords: Explosions; Shot points; California; Permitting; Seismic acquisition; Boreholes; Water levels; Sedimentary basins; Shot holes; Shot-size determination; Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE II); Surveys; Geologic setting; Seismic images; Earthquakes

• Reitherman, R.
  Japanese Private Sector Earthquake Programs and Their Applicability in the United States. Volume 1. Earthquake Programs of Companies in the United States.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 60 p.
  Identifying Number(s): REPT-8503-FR-1
  Keywords: Emergency plans; Structural engineering; Research projects; California; Safety engineering; Corporations; Earthquake engineering; Surveys; Utilities; Japan; Earthquakes

• Whitman, R. V.
  Proceedings from the Site Effects Workshop, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. Held in Buffalo, New York on October 24-25, 1991.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., February 29, 1991, 74 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-92-0006
  Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Earth movements; Earthquake engineering; Site surveys; Meetings; Soil dynamics; Soil-structure interactions; Soil properties; Surveys; Soil profiles; Building codes; Earthquakes

• Scawthorn, 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: Emergency preparedness; Natural disasters; Emergency planning; California; Investigations; San Fernando Valley (California); Fires; Incident management; Natural gas; Surveys; Northridge earthquake; Los Angeles (California); Maps; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Fire departments

• Youssef, N. F. G.; Bonowitz, D.; Gross, J. L.
  Survey of Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Buildings Affected by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
  April 1995, 186 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5625
  Keywords: Cracking (Fracturing); Damage assessment; Moments; Steel structures; Construction joints; Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Buildings; Frame structures; Surveys; Los Angeles (California); Seismic effects; Structural members; Northridge Earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis

• Seismic Provisions of State and Local Building Codes and Their Enforcement.
  National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD. Structures Div.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1992, 368 p.
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Regulations; Enforcement; State government; Earthquake engineering; Surveys; Local government; Construction management; Building codes

• Svekla, W.; Verrucci, E.
  MCEER Response: Hurricane Gustav Reconnaissance - Damage Survey Using the VIEWS(Trade Name) System.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 2008, 6 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-SP08
  Keywords: Mississippi; Damage assessment; Louisiana; Reconnaisance; Gulf coast; NOAA; VIEWS (Trademark); Surveys; Digital imagery; Hurricane Gustav; Airborne equipment