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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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: Damage; Risk; Risk assessment; Local government; Earthquakes; State government; Government policies; Benefit cost analysis; Disasters; Floods

  • 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: Floods; Damage; Federal assistance programs; Financing; Florida; South Dakota; Earthquakes; Social effect; Forecasting; Gulf of Mexico; California; Tornadoes; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Disasters; Disaster relief

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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: Damage; Economic impact; Clay soils; Risk; Risk assessment; Cost analysis; Rainfall; Economic models; Injuries; Earthquakes; Landslides; Earth movements; Value; Mathematical models; Expansion; United States; Disasters; Soil water

  • 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: Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Risk; Storm surges; Social effect; Gales; Hurricanes; Economic impact; Rivers; Earthquakes; Demand (Economics); Mathematical models; Wind (Meteorology); Clay soils; Expansion; Benefit cost analysis; Floods; Disasters; Damage; Landslides; Tornadoes; Input output analysis; United States; Socioeconomic impact assessment model

  • 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: ; US AID; Geomorphology; Satellite imagery; Landsat images; Afghanistan; Imaging spectrometers; USGS; Digital maps; Maps; Natural resources; Remote sensing; Databases

  • 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: Tables (Data); NEHRP Classifications; Data collection; Earthquakes; Depth profiles; Puerto Rico; Data analysis; Seismic data; Shear waves; Refraction-reflection profiling techniques; Wave velocities; Site velocities