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• Sobreviviendo a un Tsunami: Lecciones de Chile, Hawai y Japon (Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan).
  January 2006, 28 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CIRCULAR-1218
  Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Lessons learned; Chile; Interviews; Tsunamis; Survival; Hawaii; Japan; Earthquakes

• Detweiler, S. T.; Ellsworth, W.
  Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Meeting and Parkfield, California Fieldtrip (5th).
  January 2005, 88 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2005-1131
  Keywords: Seismic events; California; Parkfield (California); Natural resources; Earthquake faults; United States; Field trips; Meetings; Earth motions; Japan; Earthquakes

• Lambright, W. H.
  Role of States in Earthquake and Natural Hazard Innovation at the Local Level: A Decision-Making Study.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1984, 338 p.
  Keywords: Decision making; Emergency preparedness; Nevada; California; State government; Disasters; Hazards; Government policies; South Carolina; Comparison; Local government; Japan; Earthquakes

• Takahashi, K.
  Limits of Survival: Forecasting the Future of Japan.
  January 1985, 195 p.
  Identifying Number(s): TT-75-52085
  Keywords: Planning; Climate; Information; Translations; Ecology; Disasters; Resources; Pollution; Population growth; Japan; Forecasts; 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

• Selvaduray, G.
  Japanese Private Sector Earthquake Programs and Their Applicability in the United States. Volume 2. Earthquake Emergency Preparedness of Japanese Industries.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 125 p.
  Identifying Number(s): REPT-8503-FR-2
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Research projects; Businesses; Safety engineering; Earthquake warning systems; Public education; Hospitals; Petroleum industry; Industries; Japan; Earthquakes

• Reitherman, R.; Selvaduray, G.
  Japanese Private Sector Earthquake Programs and Their Applicability in the United States. Volume 3. Transferability of Private Sector Earthquake Programs in Japan and the United States.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 41 p.
  Identifying Number(s): REPT-8503-FR-3
  Keywords: ; Research projects; Safety engineering; United States; Comparison; Industries; Japan; Earthquakes

• Chen, P. C.
  Vertical Distribution of Peak Subsurface Horizontal Earthquake Accelerations.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., August 1985, 41 p.
  Keywords: Depth; Seismic waves; Subsurface investigations; Peak horizontal accelerations; Seismic prospecting; Seismology; Earth movements; Acceleration (Physics); Amplification; Japan; Earthquakes

• Kelly, J. M.
  Base Isolation in Japan, 1988.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1988, 100 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-88/20
  Keywords: ; Shock absorbers; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic waves; Structural vibration; Damping; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Vibration damping; Vibration isolators; Japan; Earthquakes

• Hamada, M.; O'Rourke, T.
  Case Studies of Liquefaction and Lifeline Performance during Past Earthquakes. Volume 1. Japanese Case Studies.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 17, 1992, 430 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-92-0001
  Keywords: Kanto earthquake; Soils; Deformation; Luzon earthquake; Niigata earthquake; Earthquake damage; Foreign technology; Earth movement; Earthquake engineering; Fukui earthquake; Liquefaction; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Nihonkai-Chubu earthquake; Case studies; Japan; Earthquakes; Soil structure