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  • Mileti, D. S.
    Natural Hazard Warning Systems in the United States: A Research Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 120 p.
    Keywords: Urban planning; Tsunamis; Community relations; Emergency preparedness; Flood forecasting; Earthquakes; Research; Landslides; Forecasting; Warning systems; Hurricanes; Geophysics; Tornadoes; Volcanoes; Weather forecasting; Disasters

  • Rubin, C. B.; Yezer, A. M.; Hassain, Q.; Webb, A.
    Summary of Major Natural Disaster Incidents in the U.S. 1965-85.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1986, 50 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Dam failure; High wind; Coastal areas; Deaths; Hurricanes; Flood waves; Wounds and injuries; Tables (Data); Storms; Water shortage; Debris avalanches; Rivers; Earthquakes; Federally-declared disasters; Statistics; Ocean waves; Snow; Mudflows; Floods; Disaster relief; Levees; Ice; Landslides; Natural disasters; Wind effects; Tornadoes; Insurance; United States; Drought

  • Roshko, A.
    Wind Loads on Structures: Summary Report on a Conference Held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, December 18-19, 1970.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1971, 146 p.
    Identifying Number(s): TTU-WERC-1
    Keywords: Buildings; Wind tunnels; Meetings; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Structural analysis; Wind pressure; Wind loads

  • Ross, C. L.
    Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters on Transportation Lifelines.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1988, 176 p.
    Keywords: Economic impact; Hazards; Damage assessment; Case studies; Transportation; Earthquakes; Data processing; Tornadoes; Cost analysis; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer Index. Volume 1, Number 1-Volume 4, Number 3.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1980, 12 p.
    Keywords: Periodicals; Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Indexes (Documentation); Landslides; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Insurance; Warning systems; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer. Volume 6, Number 2, November 1981.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1981, 14 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Hazards; Information centers; Disaster preparedness; Mount Saint Helens; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Management; Recovery; Tornadoes; Insurance; Seismology; Maps; Warning systems; Newsletters; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • White, A.; Waterstone, P.
    Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 2, Number 4, June 1978.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., June 1978, 14 p.
    Keywords: Communicating; Radio broadcasting; Floods; Hazards; Federal assistance programs; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Television broadcasting; Disaster assistance; Public services; Civil defense; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Warning systems; Newsletters; United Nations; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Chrostowski, J. D.; Eguchi, R. T.; Hart, G. C.
    Building Losses from Natural Hazards: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 22 p.
    Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Tsunamis; Expansive soils; Earthquakes; Computer applications; Landslides; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Natural hazards; Floods

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 1, Number 1.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., September 1976, 10 p.
    Keywords: Warning systems; Planning; Hazards; Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Government policies; Tokyo (Japan); Landslides; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Japan; Tornadoes; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Insurance; Disasters; Predictions

  • Friedman, D. G.
    Computer Simulation in Natural Hazard Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 213 p.
    Keywords: Hazards; Vulnerability; Warning systems; Hurricanes; Casualties; Storms; Earthquakes; Forecasting; Computerized simulation; Land use; Weather forecasting; Geophysics; Disasters; Disaster relief; Damage; Research management; Droughts; Wind; Flooding; Natural resources; Tornadoes; Hail