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Record Nr.

UNISA996218674603316

Autore

Bolin Robert C.

Titolo

The Northridge earthquake : vulnerability and disaster / / Robert Bolin with Lois Stanford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-68232-8

1-134-68233-6

1-280-40831-6

9786610408313

0-203-02807-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StanfordLois

Disciplina

363.34/95/0979494

363.3495

Soggetti

Earthquakes - California - Los Angeles Region

Disaster relief - California - Los Angeles Region

Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-255) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 A common disaster; 2 Perspectives on disasters; 3 Situating the Northridge earthquake; 4 Situating the communities and the research; 5 Responding to Northridge; 6 Restructuring after Northridge; 7 Vulnerability, sustainability, and social change; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a global view of the social effects of disaster in developed and developing countries. It focuses on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in the US and other recent disasters to examine vulnerability and post-disaster recovery strategies. The authors also explore the ways state policy can reduce vulnerability in the future.