California earthquakes : science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Earthquake hazard analysis > California > History.
Earthquakes > California > Safety measures > History.
Risques sismiques > Californie > Histoire.
Tremblements de terre > Californie > Sécurité > Mesures > Histoire.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Earthquake hazard analysis.
Earthquakes > Safety measures.
Aardbevingen.
Risicoanalyse.
Veiligheidsmaatregelen.
California.
Californië
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reactions to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
  • Setting up a scientific infrastructure : seismology California style, 1910-1925
  • Bailey Willis and the promotion of earthquake safety in the mid-1920s
  • Engineering a regulatory state apparatus : seismic safety in the 1930s
  • Earthquake experts and the Cold War state
  • New initiatives for earthquake preparedness, 1964-1971
  • Seismic politics: responses to the San Fernando earthquake
  • Pushing prediction: the establishment of the national earthquake hazards reduction
  • Program
  • The regulatory state apparatus in action.

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