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  • Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.; Kiecolt, J.
    Earthquake Threat: The Human Response in Southern California.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., cJanuary 1979, 159 p.
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Statistical analysis; Uplifts; Human factors; Awareness; Hazards; Earthquakes; Anxiety; Geological faults; California; Forecasting; Threat evaluation; Los Angeles County (California); Warning systems; Local government; Southern California Uplift; Communities; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Surveys; Fear

  • Liu, B. C.; Hsieh, C. T.; Gustafson, R.; Nuttli, O.; Gentile, R.
    Earthquake Risk and Damage Functions: An Integrated Preparedness and Planning Model Applied to New Madrid.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 7, 1979, 335 p.
    Keywords: Saint Louis (Missouri); Mississippi; Damage assessment; Predictions; Earthquake resistant structures; Illinois; Tennessee; Arkansas; Seismic risk; Risk; New Madrid fault; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Kentucky; Memphis (Tennessee); Missouri; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Beedle, L. S.
    On Hazards of the High-Rise.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1979, 54 p.
    Identifying Number(s): LEHIGH/FL/369-251
    Keywords: Environmental engineering; Seismic design; Tall buildings; Failure; Wind pressure; Specifications; Seismic risk; Structural design; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Building codes; Earthquakes

  • Mehta, K. C.
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Wind Climate Held at Asheville, North Carolina on November 12-13, 1979.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA., January 1979, 249 p.
    Keywords: ; Climate; Wind (Meteorology); Wind direction; Data; Mathematical models; Atmospheric motion; Acquisition; Hazards; Meetings; Data processing; Weather forecasting; Wind velocity; Earthquakes

  • Pate, M. E.
    Risk and Public Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., July 1979, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 37
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Risk; Hazards; Economic analysis; Earthquakes

  • Oliveira, C. S.
    Seismic Risk Studies for San Francisco and for the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1978, 138 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-78/16
    Keywords: Probability distribution functions; California; Mathematical models; Seismic risk; Dynamic structural response; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Urban areas; San Francisco (California); Earthquakes

  • Yao, J. T. P.; Schiff, A. J.
    System Identification in Earthquake Engineering.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1980, 16 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['CE-STR-80-7', 'EC-80-2']
    Keywords: Structures; Probability theory; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Guidi, G. A.; Shah, H. C.
    Computer Programs for Seismic Hazard Analysis, a User Manual (Stanford Seismic Hazard Analysis--STASHA).
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1979, 234 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 36
    Keywords: Intensity; User needs; Flow charts; Seismic risk; STASHA computer programs; Seismic epicenter; Magnitude; Seismology; Earthquake engineering; Fortran 4 programming language; IBM 370/168 computers; Hazards; Computer programming; Fortran; Earthquakes

  • Recent Awards: October-December 1979.
    January 1979, 10 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NSF/RA-790564
    Keywords: ; Nutrition; Research projects; Technology innovation; Awards; Handicapped persons; Hazards; Grants; Earthquakes

  • 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: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Municipal engineering; Urban planning; Seismic risk; Safety engineering; United States; Disasters; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Meetings; Urban development; Japan; Earthquakes