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  • ['Yin, R. K.', 'Moore, G. B.']
    Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Hazards Insurance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1984, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-942570-09-X
    Keywords: Probability theory; Consumer affairs; Insurance; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Households; Surveys; Decision making

  • Palm, R. I.
    Real Estate Agents and Special Studies Zones Disclosure: The Response of California Home Buyers to Earthquake Hazards Information.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1981, 163 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IBS/TEAM-32
    Keywords: ; California; Risk; Communicating; Real property; Disasters; Legislation; Earthquakes

  • Palm, R. I.
    Home Mortgage Lenders, Real Property Appraisers and Earthquake Hazards.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1983, 170 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IBS/TEAM-38
    Keywords: Regulations; Disasters; Risk; Real property; Security; Loans; Mortgages; Earthquakes

  • ['Tierney, K. L.', 'Petak, W. J.', 'Hahn, H.']
    Disabled Persons and Earthquake Hazards.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1988, 170 p.
    Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Senior citizens; Emergency planning; Nursing homes; Disasters; Intermediate care facilities; Earthquake; Risk assessment; Literature surveys; Social effect; Hazards; Handicapped persons; Physically handicapped; Case studies; California; Earthquake damage; Fires; Buildings; Elderly persons; Losses; Disabled persons; Local planning

  • ['Alesch, D. J.', 'Peak, W. J.']
    Politics and Economics of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Southern California. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 294 p.
    Keywords: Seismic design; Unreinforced concrete; Comparative evaluations; Political aspects; Public policy; Disasters; Soil-structure interactions; Decision making; Natural hazards; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Costs; Perception; Legislation; Case studies; Earthquakes; Masonry; Policy making; Earthquake resistant structures; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; Economic factors

  • ['Rubin, C. B.', 'Saperstein, M. D.', 'Barbee, D. G.']
    Community Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 298 p.
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Landslides; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Storms; Intergovernmental relationships; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Case studies; Runoff; Community planning; Recovery; Local government; Communities; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Surveys; Dam failure; Earthquakes

  • ['Blair, M. L.', 'Vlasic, T. C.', 'Cotton, W. R.', 'Fowler, W.']
    When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protection

  • ['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: ; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Comparative evaluations; Public policy; Disasters; Floods; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Perception; State planning; California; Insurance; Attitudes; Puerto Rico; Public opinion; Human behavior; Local planning; Surveys; Earthquakes

  • ['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: Emergency preparedness; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Reduction; Geological processes; Mitigation; Control; Risk assessment; Mapping; Costs; State government; Hazards; Land use; Ground movements; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Fires; Local government; Losses; Compliance; Monitoring; Strategies; Earthquakes

  • ['Rogers, A. M.', 'Walsh, T. J.', 'Kockelman, W. J.', 'Priest, G. R.']
    Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest. Volume 2.
    January 1998, 244 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1560
    Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Tectonics; Pacific northwest region (United States); Landslides; Seismology; Disasters; Ground motion; Hazards; Risk reduction; Seismic effects; Earthquakes