Lew, H. S.
Guidelines for Identification and Mitigation of Seismically Hazardous Existing Federal Buildings.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
March 1989,
18 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-89/4062
Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Vulnerability; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Requirements; Safety; Identifying; Federal agencies; Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977; Instructions
Todd, D.; Bieniawski, A.
Guidelines and Procedures for Implementation of the Executive Order on Seismic Safety of New Building Construction.
June 1992,
32 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-4852
Keywords: Executive Order on Seismic Safety; Hazards; Building codes; Regulations; Earthquake resistant structures; Public buildings; Earthquake engineering; Government policies; Seismic effects; Safety; Design standards; Standards; Seismic waves
Okrent, D.
Alternative Risk Management Policies for State and Local Governments.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
June 1982,
173 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-8240
Keywords: Hazards; Local government; Risk; State government; Earthquakes; Management; Government policies; Safety; Forecasting; Legal aspects
Natural Hazards Observer. Volume 6, Number 6, July 1982.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
July 1982,
14 p.
Keywords: Flood plains; Hazards; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Emergency planning; Research; Wind; Safety; Hurricanes; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Disasters
Atwater, B. F.; Cisternas, M.; Bourgeois, J.; Dudley, W. C.; Hendley, J. W.; Stauffer, O. H.
Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
January 2002,
24 p.
Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1187
Keywords: Lessons learned; Tsunami; Ocean waves; Coastal areas; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Credits; Strategies; Sources; Safety; Survival; Waves; Chile; Coasts
Risk Management Series: Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings. Providing Protection to People and Buildings.
December 2003,
91 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-396
Keywords: ; Risk management; Buildings; Hazards; Earthquakes; Death; Seismic effects; Safety; Structural collapse; Impact damage; Hospitals; Catastrophic conditions; Wounds and injuries; Rehabilitation
Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Owners.
April 2004,
40 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-64
Keywords: ; Emergency plans; Legislation; Dams; Guidelines; Earthquakes; Safety; Design; Federal agencies; Floods; Management planning and control
Fenves, G.; Chopra, A. K.
Earthquake Analysis and Response of Concrete Gravity Dams.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
August 1984,
240 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-84/10
Keywords: Gravity dams; Rocks; Seismic waves; Alluvium; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Foundations; Soil dynamics; Reservoirs; Energy absorption; Concrete dams; Safety; Design; Sediments; Dynamic structural analysis
Recommendations for the Strong-Motion Program in the United States.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
July 1987,
68 p.
Identifying Number(s): CETS-EE-006
Keywords: ; Hazards; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismographs; Earthquakes; Bursting; Safety; Design criteria; Economic factors; Geological faults; Motion
Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction.
January 1987,
113 p.
Keywords: Forest fires; Hazards; Tsunamis; Cooperative programs; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Firestorms; IDNHR (International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction); Safety; Hurricanes; Fires; Volcanoes; Disasters; Floods