California Earthquakes : Science, Risk, and the Politics of Hazard Mitigation.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geschwind, Carl-Henry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Boulder : Johns Hopkins University Press, NetLibrary, Inc. [distributor] April 2003 ;
Temas:
Earthquake hazard analysis > California > History.
Earthquakes > California > Safety measures > History.
Risques sismiques > Californie > Histoire.
Tremblements de terre > Californie > Sécurité > Mesures > Histoire.
Earthquake hazard analysis
Earthquakes > Safety measures
California
History
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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Reactions to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
  • CHAPTER 2 Setting Up a Scientific Infrastructure Seismology: California Style, 1910-1925
  • CHAPTER 3 Bailey Willis and the Promotion of Earthquake Safety in the Mid-1920s
  • CHAPTER 4 Engineering a Regulatory-State Apparatus: Seismic Safety in the 1930s
  • CHAPTER 5 Earthquake Experts and the Cold War State
  • CHAPTER 6 New Initiatives for Earthquake Preparedness, 1964-1971
  • CHAPTER 7 Seismic Politics: Responses to the San Fernando Earthquake of 1971
  • CHAPTER 8 Pushing Prediction: Establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction ProgramCHAPTER 9 The Regulatory-State Apparatus in Action
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Essay on Sources
  • Index

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