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      Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

      Board on Natural Disasters,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in…

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      The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation

      Committee on Assessing the Costs of Natural Disasters,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources

      We in the United States have almost come to accept natural disasters as part of our nation’s social fabric. News of property damage, economic and social disruption, and injuries follow…

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      Future Directions for the National Science Foundation’s Arctic Natural Sciences Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Polar Research Board,National Academy of Sciences

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      A Safer Future: Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters

      U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains the initial priorities for US participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This book focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness…

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      Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources: An Evaluation of the Department of the Interior’s 1989 Assessment Procedures

      Committee on Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      When the US Department of the Interior released its 1989 estimates of how much undiscovered oil and gas remain in the United States, a controversy ensued. Some members of the…

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      Causes and Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Reduction: An Update

      Committee on Chemistry and Physics of Ozone Depletion,Committee on Biological Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation,Environmental Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Haze in the Grand Canyon: An Evaluation of the Winter Haze Intensive Tracer Experiment

      Committee on Haze In National Parks and Wilderness Areas,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,National Research Council,R.A. Duce

      Presents working principles for assessing the relative importance of anthropogenic emission sources that contribute to haze in US national parks and wilderness areas. This book examines topics, such as methods…

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