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Multiple Hazard Mitigation: Report of a Workshop on Mitigation Strategies for Communities Prone to Multiple Natural Hazards, July 6-8, 1983, Snowmass, Colorado.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., December 1983, 73 p.
Keywords: Planning; Emergency preparedness; California; Landslides; Meeting; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Storms; Management; Hawaii; Missouri; Communities; EarthquakesTierney, K. L.; Petak, W. J.; Hahn, H.
Disabled Persons and Earthquake Hazards.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1988, 170 p.
Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Senior citizens; Emergency planning; Nursing homes; Disasters; Intermediate care facilities; Earthquake; Risk assessment; Literature surveys; Social effect; Hazards; Handicapped persons; Physically handicapped; Case studies; California; Earthquake damage; Fires; Buildings; Elderly persons; Losses; Disabled persons; Local planningRubin, 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; EarthquakesBlair, M. L.; Vlasic, T. C.; Cotton, W. R.; Fowler, W.
When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protectionPalm, 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; EarthquakesJohnson, G. S.; Sheppard, R. E.; Quilici, M. D.; Eder, S. J.; Scawthorn, C. R.
Seismic Reliability Assessment of Critical Facilities: A Handboook, Supporting Documentation, and Model Code Provisions.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., April 12, 1999, 396 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-99-0008
Keywords: ; Checkout; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Safety engineering; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Handbooks; Building codesSpiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
September 2000, 60 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Reduction; Geological processes; Mitigation; Control; Risk assessment; Mapping; Costs; State government; Hazards; Land use; Ground movements; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Fires; Local government; Losses; Compliance; Monitoring; Strategies; EarthquakesReport on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
January 2000, 58 p.
Keywords: ; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Benefits; Natural disasters; Wind (Meteorology); US FEMA; Costs; Retrofitting; Cities; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Land use planningProtecting Business Operations. Second Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
August 1998, 48 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-331
Keywords: ; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Businesses; Hurricanes; US FEMA; Floods; Cost benefit analysis; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Natural hazardsRogers, A. M.; Walsh, T. J.; Kockelman, W. J.; Priest, G. R.
Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest. Volume 2.
January 1998, 244 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1560
Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Tectonics; Pacific northwest region (United States); Landslides; Seismology; Disasters; Ground motion; Hazards; Risk reduction; Seismic effects; Earthquakes