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National 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 riskHsiung, Y. M.; Bolt, B. A.; Pensien, J.
Studies of Strong Ground Motion in Taiwan.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1978, 120 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-78/26
Keywords: Seismic risk; Seismic waves; Ground motion; Hazards; Earthquakes; Earth movements; Geological faults; TaiwanNatural Hazards Observer, Volume 3, Number 4, June 1979.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., June 1979, 14 p.
Keywords: Legislation; Weather forecasting; Hazards; Flood plains; Storms; Coasts; Damage; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Research; Litigation; Natural resources; Insurance; Tornadoes; Newsletters; Wetlands; Disaster relief; DisastersBartol, J.
Role of California Community Colleges in Disseminating Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Information.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1979, 49 p.
Keywords: Universities; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Community colleges; Community relations; Earthquakes; Students; Information systems; California; Warning systems; Natural hazardsTurner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.; Kiecolt, J.
Earthquake Threat: The Human Response in Southern California.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., cJanuary 1979, 159 p.
Keywords: Uplifts; Hazards; Local government; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Fear; Surveys; Communities; Anxiety; Threat evaluation; Human factors; Forecasting; California; Southern California Uplift; Attitudes; Los Angeles County (California); Awareness; Statistical analysis; Warning systems; Geological faultsSolomon, K. A.; Okrent, D.; Rubin, M.
Earthquake Ordinances for the City of Los Angeles, California. A Brief Case Study.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1977, 62 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7765
Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Building codes; Hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Ordinances; California; Predictions; Seismic riskMeltsner, A. J.
Seismic Safety of Existing Buildings and Incentives for Hazard Mitigation in San Francisco: An Exploratory Study.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., December 1977, 86 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/28
Keywords: Urban planning; Buildings; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Building codes; San Francisco (California); Risk analysis; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Earthquake resistant structures; Public opinion; California; Questionnaires; Seismic riskBarnes, S. B.; Johnson, A. W.; Pinkham, C. W.
Methodology for Mitigation of Seismic Hazards in Existing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings, Phase 1.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., March 31, 1978, 69 p.
Keywords: Seismic risk; Hazards; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Structural design; Walls; Design criteria; Construction materials; Costs; RetrofittingMurray-Moraleda, J. R.
Predicted Surface Displacements for Scenario Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region.
January 2009, 44 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR2008-1375
Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area; Emergency responders; Ground motion; Radar; Hazards; Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF); Earthquakes; Seismic detectors; Measurement; Global positioning system; Displacement; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP); California; Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); DeformationPate, M. E.
Risk and Public Policy.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., July 1979, 60 p.
Identifying Number(s): 37
Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Economic analysis; Earthquakes; Probability theory; Seismic risk