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  • Natural Hazards Observer. Volume 6, Number 6, July 1982.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1982, 14 p.
    Keywords: Emergency planning; Newsletters; Hurricanes; Volcanoes; Disaster preparedness; Wind; Disasters; Research; Hazards; Safety; Coastal zone management; Flood plains; Earthquakes

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

  • Atkisson, A. A.; Petak, W. J.; Alesch, D. J.; Kraft, M. E.; Littig, D. M.
    Natural Hazards and Public Policy: Recommendations for Public Policies to Mitigate the Effects of Natural Hazard Exposures in the United States.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., December 1978, 181 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UWGB/PPPA-78-2
    Keywords: Risk assessment; Benefit cost analysis; Damage; State government; Risk; Disasters; Floods; Government policies; Local government; Earthquakes

  • Cochrane, H. C.
    Natural Hazards and Their Distributive Effects.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 149 p.
    Keywords: South Dakota; California; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Natural resources; Damage; Federal assistance programs; Disasters; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Floods; Social effect; Gulf of Mexico; Florida; Financing; Earthquakes

  • 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

  • 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: Cost analysis; Risk assessment; Expansion; Wind (Meteorology); Government policy; Hurricanes; Landslides; Damage; Disasters; Floods; Soil water; Hazards; Rivers; Storm surges; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Risk; Earthquakes

  • Wiggins, J. H.; Slosson, J. E.; Krohn, J. P.
    Natural Hazards: Earthquake, Landslide, Expansive Soil Loss Models.
    National Science Foundation, WAshington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., December 1978, 166 p.
    Keywords: Cost analysis; Risk assessment; Expansion; Value; Economic models; Rainfall; Landslides; Clay soils; Mathematical models; Earth movements; Damage; United States; Risk; Disasters; Soil water; Economic impact; Injuries; Earthquakes

  • Hirschberg, J. G.; Gordon, P.; Petak, W. J.
    Natural Hazards: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Model.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., July 1978, 320 p.
    Keywords: Hurricanes; Landslides; Damage; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Expansion; Benefit cost analysis; Mathematical models; Storm surges; Social effect; Wind (Meteorology); Clay soils; Risk; Economic impact; Gales; Rivers; Input output analysis; United States; Demand (Economics); Socioeconomic impact assessment model; Earthquakes

  • Davis, P. A.; Hare, T. M.
    Natural-Color Image Mosaics of Afghanistan: Digital Databases and Maps.
    January 2007, 10 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-DS-245
    Keywords: ; Afghanistan; Natural resources; Databases; Maps; US AID; Satellite imagery; Remote sensing; Landsat images; USGS; Digital maps; Imaging spectrometers; Geomorphology

  • Odum, J. K.; Williams, R. A.; Stephenson, W. J.; Worley, D. M.; von Hillebrandt-Andrade, C.
    Near-Surface Shear Wave Velocity Versus Depth Profiles, V(s)30, and NEHRP Classifications for 27 Sites in Puerto Rico.
    January 2007, 47 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-1174
    Keywords: NEHRP Classifications; Seismic data; Site velocities; Puerto Rico; Wave velocities; Depth profiles; Data collection; Shear waves; Refraction-reflection profiling techniques; Tables (Data); Data analysis; Earthquakes