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Lagorio, H. J.; Botsai, E. E.
U.S./Japan Joint Seminar: Urban Design and Seismic Safety, Proceedings Held at Tokyo (Japan) on May 1979.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management., January 1979, 227 p.
Keywords: Urban planning; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Municipal engineering; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Safety engineering; Urban development; Japan; United States; Disasters; Seismic riskNatural Hazards Observer, Volume IV, Number 2, December 1979.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management., December 1979, 12 p.
Keywords: Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Research; Meteorology; Land acquisition; Warning systems; Hurricanes; Shore protection; Newsletters; Coasts; Disaster relief; DisastersTurner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Six: Ethnic and Racial Differentials. Part Seven: Vulnerability Zones and Earthquake Subculture.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1981, 328 p.
Keywords: ; Negroes; Newsprint; Earthquakes; Ethnic groups; Communities; Behavior; Public opinion; California; Attitudes; Warning systems; Mass media; DisastersTurner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Four: Awareness and Concern in the Public.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 372 p.
Keywords: ; Responses; Earthquakes; Surveys; Communities; Public opinion; Forecasting; California; Warning systems; Attitudes; Mass media; DisastersLeik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendal, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Weather Service, Washington, DC., April 1981, 79 p.
Keywords: Responses; Hazards; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Surveys; Communities; Public opinion; Attitudes; Warning systems; Hurricanes; Disasters; FloodsQuarantelli, E. L.
Development of Collaborative Japan-United States Socio-Behavioral Disaster Research.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1982, 232 p.
Keywords: ; Hazards; Tsunamis; Snowstorms; Earthquakes; Behavior; Information systems; Bibliographies; Japan; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Research projects; Fires; Volcanoes; United States; Disasters; FloodsCulver, C.
Earthquake Related Activities of the Center for Building Technology.
March 1977, 30 p.
Identifying Number(s): NBSIR-76-1193
Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Abatement; Structural design; Structural engineering; Disaster mitigation; Design; DisastersRossi, P. H.; Wright, J. D.; Weber-Burdin, E.; Pereira, J.
Acts of God, Acts of Man, Victimization by Natural Hazards in the United States.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 293 p.
Keywords: Floods; Damage; Hazards; Earthquakes; Surveys; Losses; Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Property damage; Fires; United States; Disaster relief; DisastersBates, F. L.
Recovery, Change and Development: A Longitudinal Study of the 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake; Final Report Volume 2.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1982, 398 p.
Keywords: REcovery; Temporary housing; Economic impact; Local government; Social change; Earthquakes; Comparison; Guatemala; Communities; Housing studies; Shelters; Construction; Disaster recovery; Households; Disaster relief; DisastersRoberts, R. B.; Milliman, J. W.; Ellson, R. W.
Eathquakes and Earthquake Predictions: Simulating Their Economic Effects.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 30, 1982, 270 p.
Keywords: ; Economic impact; Damage; Hazards; Earthquakes; Income; Employment; Losses; Investments; Relocation; Disasters