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  • Arnold, C.; Durkin, M.; Eisner, R.; Whitaker, D.
    Imperial County Services Building: Occupant Behavior and Operational Consequences as a Result of the 1979 Imperial Valley Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1982, 67 p.
    Keywords: Earthquakes; Human behavior; Surveys; El Centro (California); California; Relocation; Disasters

  • Bates, F. L.
    Recovery, Change and Development: A Longitudinal Study of the 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake; Final Report Volume 1.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1982, 368 p.
    Keywords: Rural areas; Emergency plans; Policies; Local government; Earthquakes; Community development; Food dispensing; Guatemala; Recovery; Social effect; Construction; Disaster recovery; Households; Coordination; Disaster relief; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer. Volume VII, Number 2, November 1982.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1982, 13 p.
    Keywords: Flood plains; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency planning; Research; Safety; Shore protection; Hurricanes; Erosion control; Newsletters; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 7, Number 6, July 1983.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1983, 15 p.
    Keywords: Storms; Hazards; Coastal zone management; Earthquakes; Flood forecasting; Management; Warning systems; NOAA; Coasts; Disasters; Weather forecasting

  • Palm, R. I.; Hodgson, M. E.
    Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, Experience, and Behavior of Homeowners. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1993, 166 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-09-6
    Keywords: ; Floods; Risk assessment; Public policy; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Human behavior; Emergency planning; Surveys; Puerto Rico; Perception; Public opinion; Comparative evaluations; Attitudes; Hurricanes; State planning; Insurance; California; Mitigation; Disasters; Local planning

  • Spiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
    National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
    September 2000, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
    Keywords: Mapping; Hazards; Risk assessment; Losses; Control; Costs; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Earthquakes; Land use; Federal government; Emergency preparedness; Monitoring; Strategies; Reduction; Compliance; Fires; Disasters; Floods; Local government; State government; Landslides; Geological processes; Ground movements; Mitigation

  • Petak, W. J.; Atkisson, A. A.; Gleye, P. H.
    Natural Hazards: A Public Policy Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1978, 541 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Wind (Meteorology); Hazards; Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Risk; Rivers; Damage; Government policy; Earthquakes; Storm surges; Landslides; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Expansion; Cost analysis; Disasters; Soil water

  • Kunreuther, H.; Lepore, J.; Miller, L.; Vinso, J.; Wilson, J.
    An Interactive Modeling System for Disaster Policy Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., cJanuary 1978, 153 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MONOGRAPH-26
    Keywords: ; Documentation; Hazards; Sampling; Damage assessment; Economic impacts; Abatement; Earthquakes; Government policies; Data processing; Businesses; Computerized simulation; Insurance; Households; Materials recovery; Planning; Disasters; Floods

  • Yanev, P. I.; Blume, J. A.; Arnold, C.; Brade, A. G.; Cooper, J. D.
    Miyagi-Ken-Oki, Japan Earthquake, June 12, 1978, Reconnaissance Report.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1978, 170 p.
    Keywords: Sendai (Japan); Ground motion; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismographs; Earthquakes; Landslides; Miyagi-Ken-Oki earthquake; Earth movements; Liquefaction (Soils); Japan; Seismology; Structural analysis; Disasters

  • Natural Hazards Observer, Volume 4, Number 1, September 1979.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1979, 14 p.
    Keywords: Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Research; Meteorology; Land acquisition; Warning systems; Hurricanes; Shore protection; Newsletters; Coasts; Disaster relief; Disasters