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  • Bolton, P. A.; Heikkala, S. G.; Greene, M. M.; May, P. J.
    Land Use Planning for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: A Handbook for Planners.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 134 p.
    Identifying Number(s): SP-14
    Keywords: Cost analysis; Damage assessment; Economic factors; Land use; Land use zoning; Risk; Buildings; Real property; Hazards; Safety; Sales; Ordinances; Handbooks; Decision making; Ownership; Losses; Earthquakes; Building codes

  • Tierney, K. J.; Petak, W. J.; Hahn, H.
    Physical Disability and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., May 1987, 214 p.
    Keywords: Disabled persons; Questionnaires; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Safety; Earthquakes

  • Earle, T. C.
    Role of Information in the Judgment of Risks from Natural Hazards: Technical Description of Project and Results.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1987, 67 p.
    Keywords: Whatcom County (Washington); Design; Water supply; Attitudes; Seismic waves; Seismic detection; Risk; Hazards; Washington (State); Multivariate analysis; Decision making; Mass communication; Earthquakes; Water pollution

  • Prevost, J. H.
    DYNA1D: A Computer Program for Nonlinear Seismic Site Response Analysis Technical Documentation.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 14, 1989, 132 p.
    Keywords: DYNA1D computer program; Earthquake resistant structures; Earth movements; Seismology; Computer applications; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Site surveys; Soil dynamics; Earthquakes

  • Mileti, D. S.; Fitzpatrick, C.; Farhar, B. C.
    Risk Communication and Public Response to the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., December 1990, 232 p.
    Keywords: Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment; Earthquake prediction; Forecasting; Readiness; Behavior; Earthquake warning systems; Questionnaires; Risk; Disasters; Publicity; San Andreas Fault; Responses; Mass communication

  • Hwang, H. H. M.; Hsu, H. M.
    Study of Reliability-Based Criteria for Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 10, 1991, 188 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-91-0023
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Reinforced concrete; Framed structures; Seismic waves; Mathematical models; Dynamic response; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Risk; Reliability; Loads (Forces); Concrete construction; Design criteria

  • Araya, R.; Der Kiureghian, A.
    Seismic Hazard Analysis: Improved Models, Uncertainties and Sensitivities.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1988, 167 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-90/11
    Keywords: ; Probability theory; Intensity; Seismic waves; Seismic events; Mathematical models; Earth movements; Earthquake damage; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Estimation

  • Mohammadi, J.; Alyasin, S.; Bak, D. N.
    Investigation of Cause and Effects of Fires Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., May 1992, 194 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IIT-CE-9201
    Keywords: Fire prevention; Statistical analysis; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Earthquake damage; Fires; Risk; Fire hazards; Buildings; Leakage; San Francisco (California); Seismic effects; Gas distribution; Earthquakes

  • Singh, H.; Thayer, M. A.; Murdoch, J. C.
    Loma Prieta Earthquake: An Event Study of Changes in Risk Perceptions and the Housing Market.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., January 1992, 117 p.
    Keywords: Prices; Benefit cost analysis; Loma Prieta Earthquake; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Least squares method; Earthquake damage; Risk; Market value; Perception; Soil properties; Residential buildings; Economic factors

  • Brillinger, D. R.
    Earthquake Risk and Insurance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1992, 50 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-92/14
    Keywords: ; Seismic design; Payment; Statistical analysis; Insurance; Mathematical models; Risk; Software; Earthquakes