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Building Blast Protection Research
http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/Blast_Control.htm
California State University, Northridge research projects on terrorist blast protection.
Date Reviewed: 12/05/2001
California Northridge University Research
http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/CME_research.htm
The site contains a brief desciption of research projects related to earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection engineering, performed in CSUN and presented in a visual format.
Date Reviewed: 01/19/2001
National Drought Mitigation Center
http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/
National Drought Mitigation Center helps people and
institutions develop and implement measures to reduce
societal vulnerability to drought.
Date Reviewed: 01/03/1997
National Earthquake Information Center (Golden, Colorado, U.S.A.)
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
The National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), was established in Rockville,
Maryland, in 1966 as part of the National Ocean Survey of the Department of Commerce.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey, a forerunner of the National Ocean Survey, had coordinated
the collection of seismological data in the United States for many years. The NEIC was
transferred to Boulder, Colorado, in 1972 and made part of the U.S. Geological Survey in
1973. The NEIC was moved again in 1974 to its present location in Golden, Colorado.
Date Reviewed: 12/10/1996
NIST - Bldg. & Fire Research Lab
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/guide/bfrpage.htm
BFRL goals are to improve the productivity of U.S. construction industries and to reduce the human and economic losses
resulting from fires, earthquakes, winds, and other hazards. Laboratory research includes fire science and fire safety
engineering; building materials; computer-integrated construction practices; structural, mechanical, and environmental
engineering; and building economics. Products of the laboratory's research include measurements and test methods,
performance criteria, and technical data that are incorporated into building and fire standards and codes. The laboratory
conducts investigations at the scene of major fires and structural failures due to earthquakes, hurricanes, or other
causes.
Date Reviewed: 09/09/1997
Regional de Documentaci›n de Desastres (CDD), Costa Rica
http://www.netsalud.sa.cr/ops/cdd/esp/cdd.htm
Espanol: En 1990 la Organizaci›n Panamericana de la Salud cre› el Centro
Regional de Documentaci›n de Desastres (CDD), en San Jos,, Costa
Rica, con el objetivo de brindar a los profesionales de Am,rica Latina y
el Caribe un fÿcil acceso a documentaci›n t,cnica sobre desastres.
El CDD estÿ localizado en las oficinas de la Comisi›n Nacional de
Emergencia (CNE) de Costa Rica, la cual proporciona el espacio fsico
y algunos costos operativos.
Date Reviewed: 06/04/1997
Regional Disaster Documentation Center - Costa Rica
http://www.netsalud.sa.cr/ops/cdd/eng/about.htm
In 1990, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
established the Regional Disaster Documentation
Center, in San Jose, Costa Rica, with the objective of
offering to Latin American professionals an easy access
to technical documents about disasters.
The CDD is located in the offices of the Costa Rican
National Emergency Commission (CNE), which provides
office space and certain general operating costs.
Date Reviewed: 06/03/1997
Texas Tech University Wind Engineering
http://www.ce.ttu.edu/wind
The Wind Engineering Home Page of Texas Tech University (TTU) is devoted to understanding the natural wind and its effects on our nation's civil engineering infrastructure and offers engineering solutions to wind-related (hurricane, tornado, micro-bursts) problems.
Date Reviewed: 04/17/1998
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