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  • Baker, E. J.; McPhee, J. G.
    Land Use Management and Regulation in Hazardous Areas: A Research Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 141 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Regulations; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Research; Management; Landslides; Urban sociology; Warning systems; Land use; Hurricanes; Geophysics; Land development; Weather forecasting; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Ayre, R. S.; Mileti, D. S.; Trainer, P. B.
    Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in the United States: A Research Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 169 p.
    Keywords: Geological faults; Damage; Hazards; Tsunamis; Research management; Earthquakes; Earthquake warning systems; Landslides; Pacific Coast; Forecasting; Alaskan Coast; California; Warning systems; Mathematical models; Seismology; Land use; Wave forecasting; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Sandler, I. S.; Daddazio, R. P.
    Analysis of Earthquake Induced Slope Failures.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., July 31, 1988, 24 p.
    Keywords: ; Failure; Plastic analysis; Earthquakes; Landslides; Strains; Stability; Displacement; Soil mechanics; Slopes; Mathematical models; Deformation; Embankments; Seismic waves

  • Wiggins, J. H.; Slosson, J. E.; Krohn, J. P.
    Natural Hazards: Earthquake, Landslide, Expansive Soil Loss Models.
    National Science Foundation, WAshington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., December 1978, 166 p.
    Keywords: Damage; Economic impact; Clay soils; Risk; Risk assessment; Cost analysis; Rainfall; Economic models; Injuries; Earthquakes; Landslides; Earth movements; Value; Mathematical models; Expansion; United States; Disasters; Soil water

  • Stewart, J. P.; Bray, J. D.; Seed, R. B.; Sitar, N.
    Preliminary Report on the Principal Geotechnical Aspects of the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA., June 1994, 260 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-94/08
    Keywords: Failure; Performance evaluation; Damage assessment; Dams; Earth movements; Structures; Maps; San Gabriel mountains; Earthquake damage; Los Angeles (California); San Fernando Valley; Seismic epicenter; Earthquakes; Soil properties; Northridge Earthquake; Liquefaction; Earth fills; California; Solid wastes; Geological faults; Seismographs; Earthquake resistant structures; Landslides

  • Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17, 1995, Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, Japan.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., July 1995, 168 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/01
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Dams; Soil-structure interactions; Water supply; Seismicity; Japan; Bridges; Earthquake damage; Communication links; Public transportation; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Landfills; Honshu Island; Rock falls; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Buildings; Foundations (Structures); Seismic effects; Dynamic structural analysis; Levees; Landslides; Nyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

  • 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: Meeting; Storms; Tsunamis; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Communities; Management; Landslides; Hawaii; Missouri; California; Tornadoes; Planning; Disasters; Floods

  • 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: Dam failure; Case studies; Hurricanes; Community planning; Storms; Earthquakes; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Surveys; Intergovernmental relationships; Recovery; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Local government; Runoff; Communities; Landslides; Tornadoes

  • Rogers, 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: ; Hazards; Ground motion; Risk assessment; Pacific northwest region (United States); Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Risk reduction; Landslides; Seismic effects; Seismology; Tectonics; Disasters

  • Hurricanes Iwa, Alicia, and Diana - Common Themes, a Report of the Committee on Natural Disasters, 1984.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1985, 38 p.
    Keywords: Earthquakes; Hurricane Diana; Landslides; Hurricane Alicia; Hurricane Iwa; Hurricanes; Warning systems; Tornadoes; Volcanoes; Disasters