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  • Kafali, C.; Grigoriu, M.
    System Performance Under Multi-Hazard Environments.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 4, 2008, 250 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0006
    Keywords: Design alternatives; Nonstructural systems; Structural systems; Performance assessments; Earthquakes; Ground accelerations; Multi-hazard environments; Probabilistic models; Natural disasters; Hurricanes; System performance; Wind velocities

  • Wood, N.; Soulard, C.
    Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
    January 2008, 44 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
    Keywords: Geographic information system tools; Hazards; Tsunamis; Coastal areas; Composite indices; Vulnerability assessments; Figures; Tables (Data); Earthquakes; Exposure; Critical facilities data; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Sensitivity; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Land cover data; Population data; Economic assests; Statistical analysis; Washington (State); Communities; Natural disasters; Economic data

  • NSF-DCPA-ASEE Summer Institute on Multiprotection Design (1977).
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., August 5, 1977, 25 p.
    Keywords: Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Structural design; Environmental engineering; Structural engineering; Natural disasters; Design criteria; Tornadoes; Disasters

  • Dunbar, P. K.; Weaver, C. S.
    U.S. States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Historical Record and Sources for Waves.
    August 2008, 59 p.
    Keywords: ; Hazards; Tsunamis; Coastal regions; Ocean waves; Risk; Earthquakes; Landslides; Natural disasters; Forecasting; Historical aspects; Floods