California earthquakes [[electronic resource] ] : science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / / Carl-Henry Geschwind
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Geschwind Carl-Henry <1965->
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| Titolo: |
California earthquakes [[electronic resource] ] : science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / / Carl-Henry Geschwind
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.34/95/09794 |
| Soggetto topico: | Earthquake hazard analysis - California - History |
| Earthquakes - California - Safety measures - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | California earthquakes |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7360-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455009403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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