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UNINA9910825746903321 |
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Autore |
Geschwind Carl-Henry <1965-> |
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Titolo |
California earthquakes : science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / / Carl-Henry Geschwind |
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Baltimore ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Earthquake hazard analysis - California - History |
Earthquakes - California - Safety measures - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 of 1971 -- Pushing prediction : establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program -- The regulatory-state apparatus in action. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. |
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