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Titolo: | The March 5, 1987, Ecuador earthquakes : mass wasting and socioeconomic effects / / study team, Robert L. Schuster ... [et al.] ; contributing authors, Jose Egred ... [et al.] for Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts |
Disciplina: | 363.3/495/09866 |
Soggetto topico: | Earthquakes - Ecuador - Napo (Province) |
Earthquakes - Social aspects - Ecuador - Napo (Province) | |
Earthquakes - Economic aspects - Ecuador - Napo (Province) | |
Mass-wasting - Ecuador - Napo (Province) | |
Altri autori: | SchusterRobert L EgredJose |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES -- Copyright -- INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- GENERAL GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN ECUADOR -- SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS -- INTENSITY AND DAMAGE DISTRIBUTION -- MASS WASTING AND FLOODING -- EFFECTS ON LIFELINES -- LOCAL-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES -- ORGANIZATIONAL INTERACTION IN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 General Geology of Northeastern Ecuador -- THE SIERRA -- THE ORIENTE -- REFERENCES -- 3 Tectonics and Seismicity -- INTRODUCTION -- TECTONIC SETTING -- SEISMICITY AND FOCAL MECHANISMS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Intensity and Damage Distribution -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING DAMAGE TO CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES -- INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION -- REFERENCES -- 5 Mass Wasting and Flooding -- INTRODUCTION -- LANDSLIDES -- Quito-Baeza -- Baeza-Salado -- Reventador Volcano -- Geological Background -- General Characteristics of Landslides in the Reventador Zone -- Areal Distribution of Landslides and Denudation Intensity -- Slope Stability-Preliminary Analysis and Interpretation -- Relation Between Denudation Intensity and Epicenter -- EVOLUTION OF MASS-WASTING PROCESSES -- FLOODING OF RIVER VALLEYS IN THE VICINITY OF REVENTADOR VOLCANO -- REFERENCES -- 6 Effects on Lifelines -- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS -- Water Distribution Systems -- Electric Power Systems -- Pan-American Highway -- Natural Gas Supply -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANS-ECUADORIAN AND POLIDUCTO PIPELINES -- PIPELINE DAMAGE -- SALADO PUMP STATION DAMAGE -- Main Gate Valve -- Control Building -- Generators -- Pump House -- Communications Equipment -- Water Tank -- Crude Oil Tank -- Personnel Housing -- TRANS-ECUADORIAN HIGHWAY FROM BAEZA TO LAGO AGRIO -- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCE. |
7 Local-level Economic and Social Consequences -- INTRODUCTION -- IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES AND EMERGENCY-RESPONSE ISSUES -- THE EMERGENCY PERIOD IN THE ORIENTE -- THE EMERGENCY PERIOD IN THE SIERRA -- EMERGING LONG-TERM IMPACTS -- RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND IMPACTS IN THE ORIENTE -- RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND IMPACTS IN THE SIERRA -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 8 Organizational Interaction in Response and Recovery -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSUMPTIONS -- ORGANIZATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER -- Domains of Organizational Action -- Geographic Location -- Zone 1: Western Napo Province -- Zone 2: Sierra -- Zone 3: Eastern Napo Province -- Administrative Jurisdictions -- Decision Perspectives -- ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS IN DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS -- Disaster Operations Network 1: Western Napo Province -- Disaster Operations Network 2: The Sierra-Pichincha, Imbabura, and Carchi Provinces -- Disaster Operations Network 3: Eastern Napo Province -- Strengths and Needs for Further Development in the Larger Network of Disaster Response and Recovery Operations -- Strengths -- Needs -- Improved Communication -- Increased Coordination of Action -- Advanced Information Functions -- Revised Concept of Disaster Assistance -- Organizational Learning in Disaster Management -- Recommendations for Further Research -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- Appendix A Disaster Management Organizations-General -- NATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL -- Appendix B International Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations -- PUBLIC/GOVERNMENTAL -- PRIVATE/VOLUNTARY -- NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- Appendix C Ecuadorian Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations -- CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PRIVATE/VOLUNTARY -- Appendix D Most-Damaged Areas -- LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | The March 5, 1987, Ecuador earthquakes |
ISBN: | 1-280-20384-6 |
9786610203840 | |
0-309-59513-4 | |
0-585-14864-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910826794303321 |
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