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• National Science Foundation Natural Hazard Mitigation Grantees Workshop. Held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on April 27-28, 1995.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., April 1995, 157 p.
  Keywords: Structural engineering; Research and development; Wind effects; Research projects; Earthquake resistance; Geotechnical engineering; Mitigation; Disasters; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Floods; Storms; Structural response; Soil stability; Earthquakes

• Seligson, H. A.; Eguchi, R. T.; Tierney, K. J.; Richmond, K.
  Chemical Hazards, Mitigation and Preparedness in Areas of High Seismic Risk: A Methodology of Estimating the Risk of Post-Earthquake Hazardous Materials Release.
  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., November 7, 1996, 140 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Scenarios; Soil-structure interactions; Public safety; Hazards analysis; Mitigation; Emergency plans; Risk assessment; Ammonia; Failure analysis; Chlorine; Chemical hazards; Diffusion modeling; Vulnerability; Chemical plants; Hazardous materials spills; Fault tree analysis; Earthquake damage; Plumes; Seismic effects; Gases; Facilities management; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Damage probability matrix; Dispersion

• Nigg, J. M.
  Loma Prieta, California Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Recovery, Mitigation, and Reconstruction.
  January 1998, 96 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1553-D
  Keywords: Macroeconomics; Damage assessment; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Construction; Earthquake damage; Mitigation; Loma Prieta earthquake; Ground motion; Economic impact; Economic recovery; Sales; Employment; Soil-structure interactions; Socioeconomic impact; Wages; Seismic effects; Monterey Bay Area (California); Rebuilding

• Creating a Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Assessment and Risk Management.
  January 2008, 110 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1160
  Keywords: ; Inventories; Structures (Buildings); Buildings; Risk; Mitigation; Urban areas; Fatalities; Trends; Population growth; Assessments; Losses; Earthquakes

• Shi, P.; O'Rourke, T. D.
  Seismic Response Modeling of Water Supply Systems.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 5, 2008, 352 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0016
  Keywords: ; Flow equations; Seismic waves; Earthquake damage; Water utilities; Performance evaluation; Earthquake engineering; Water supplies; Simulation; Seismic effects; Computer codes; Water flow; Pipelines; Mitigation