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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778770103321

Titolo

Practical lessons from the Loma Prieta earthquake : report from a symposium sponsored by the Geotechnical Board and the Board on Natural Disasters of the National Research Council : symposium held in conjunction with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1994

ISBN

1-280-19585-1

9786610195855

0-309-59847-8

0-585-11142-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

363.3/495/0979461

Soggetti

Buildings - Earthquake effects - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Emergency management - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Earthquakes - California - San Francisco

Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Symposium on Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake, held in San Francisco, March 22-23, 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Reviews research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it's practical lessons that can be applied to other earthquake-prone areas of the country. This work contains papers presented at a symposium on the earthquake and includes an overview written by the committee offering recommendations to improve seismic safety and earthquake awareness.