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  • Lowe, P. A.; Scheffey, C. F.; Lam, P. O.
    Inventory of Lifelines in the Cajon Pass, California.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., February 1992, 97 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-225
    Keywords: Hazards; Risk; Gas pipelines; Vulnerability; Damage assessment; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Geology; Cajon Pass (California); Seismic effects; Transportation systems; Electric power; California; Maps; Communication management; Lifelines; Mitigation; Disasters

  • 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: Scenarios; Risk assessment; Vulnerability; Gases; Fault tree analysis; Chlorine; Public safety; Soil-structure interactions; Facilities management; Chemical plants; Plumes; Chemical hazards; Earthquake damage; Diffusion modeling; Ammonia; Damage probability matrix; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Emergency preparedness; Failure analysis; Seismic effects; Emergency plans; Hazardous materials spills; Dispersion; Mitigation; Hazards analysis

  • 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: Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Wages; Damage assessment; Loma Prieta earthquake; Rebuilding; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Ground motion; Economic recovery; Soil-structure interactions; Employment; Seismic effects; Macroeconomics; Construction; Monterey Bay Area (California); Sales; Mitigation; Socioeconomic impact

  • Alesch, D. J.; Peak, W. J.
    Politics and Economics of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Southern California. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 294 p.
    Keywords: Risk assessment; Case studies; Public policy; Seismic design; Soil-structure interactions; Costs; Earthquakes; Policy making; Unreinforced concrete; Perception; Natural hazards; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; Disasters; Legislation; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Decision making; Comparative evaluations; Mitigation; Economic factors; Political aspects

  • Blair, 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: Response; Federal government; Debris avalanches; Damage assessment; Local government; Case studies; Debris flow; Emergency preparedness; State government; Emergency planning; Intergovernmental relationships; Recovery; Landslides; Slope protection; Mudslides; Slope stability; Slope failure; Ground failure; Mitigation; Disasters; Floods