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  • Using HAZUS-MH for Risk Assessment: How-To Guide. HAZIS-MH Risk Assessment and User Group Series.
    August 2004, 226 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-433
    Keywords: Emergency plans; Risk assessment; Hurricanes; US FEMA; HAZards United States - Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH); Project planning; Maps; Disasters; Floods; Hazards; Computer programs; Mitigation planning; Earthquakes

  • Creating a Seismic Safety Advisory Board: A Guide to Earthquake Risk Management.
    August 1995, 94 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-266
    Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Board members; Safety engineering; Financing; Workshops; Staffing; Advisory boards; Earthquakes

  • Costantino, C. J.; Miller, C. A.; Heymsfield, E.
    Seismic Effects on Elevated Transit Lines of the New York City Transit Authority.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 26, 1989, 132 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-89-0039
    Keywords: Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Vulnerability; Earth movements; Seismology; Earthquake engineering; Elevated railroads; New York City Transit Authority; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) Pipeline Failure Database (for Microcomputers).
    September 30, 1992,
    Keywords: Risk assessment; Data bases; Pipes (Tubes); Ground motion; Loma Prieta earthquake; Software; Soil-structure interactions; Seismic effects; Piping systems; Pipeline damage; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Diskettes

  • Moehle, J. P.
    Preliminary Report on the Seismological and Engineering Aspects of the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 24, 1994, 90 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-94/01
    Keywords: Sites; Seismic epicenter; Liquefaction; Land slides; Risk assessment; Damage assessment; Magnitude; Observation; Soils; Aftershocks; Instrumentation; San Francisco Bay region; Failure; Seismology; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Northridge earthquake; Maps; Earthquakes

  • Rahman, S.; Grigoriu, M.
    Markov Model for Local and Global Damage Indices in Seismic Analysis.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., February 18, 1994, 258 p.
    Keywords: ; Structural engineering; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Structural vibration; Structural reliability; Mathematical models; Earthquake damage; Earthquake engineering; Hysteresis; Soil structure interactions; Stochastic processes; Structural analysis; Building codes; Markov processes

  • O'Rourke, T. D.; Palmer, M. C.
    Feasibility Study of Replacement Procedures and Earthquake Performance Related to Gas Transmission Pipelines.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., May 25, 1994, 178 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-94-0012
    Keywords: ; Natural gas pipelines; Seismic design; Damage assessment; Risk assessment; Replacing; Earthquake engineering; Liquefaction (Soils); Feasibility; Welded joints

  • Basoez, N.; Kiremidjian, A. S.
    Prioritization of Bridges for Seismic Retrofitting.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., January 1995, 174 p.
    Keywords: Priorities; Bridge failures; Seismic retrofitting; Damage assessment; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Algorithms; Structural design; Traffic impedances; Bridge design; Rehabilitation; Highway maintenance; Structural analysis; Reinforcing materials; Expert systems; Earthquake engineering; Knowledge based systems; Reinforcement (Structures); Highway management

  • 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

  • Shinozuka, M.; Rose, A.; Eguchi, R. T.
    Engineering and Socioeconomic Impacts of Earthquakes: An Analysis of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions in the New Madrid Area.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Government, Albany.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., January 1998, 216 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['MCEER-MONO-2', 'ISBN-0-9656682-2-3']
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Electric utilities; Public policy; Energy use; Memphis (Tennessee); Risk assessment; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Socioeconomic impacts; Electric power industry; Lifelines; Industry; Policy making; Vulnerability; Regional analysis; Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Social impact; Losses; Seismic effects; Economic models; Electric power transmission; Earthquake engineering; Electric power distribution; Electric power production; Electric power generation; Business