¡Alerta! : engineering on shaky ground / / Elizabeth Reddy

• Autore: Reddy Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.220972
• Soggetto topico: Earthquake prediction - Mexico - History; Environmental monitoring - Mexico - History
• Soggetto non controllato: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Environment, Society, and Technology -- 1. Life with Earthquakes -- 2. Earthquakes and Warnings -- II. Risk Mitigation Technology -- 3. A Technology to Mitigate Risk -- 4. Integrating Infrastructures -- III. Engineering Risk Mitigation -- 5. Measuring Earthquakes Like Engineers -- 6. Fieldwork and New Encounters -- Conclusion -- Methodological Appendix -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The author builds on insights developed from observations of Mexico's earthquake early warning system, Sistema de Alerta Sísmica Mexicano, to show how particular social and physical conditions animate the design, maintenance, and use of environmental monitoring technologies, and how they shape where, when, and for whom these technologies manage risk"--
• Titolo autorizzato: ¡Alerta
• ISBN: 0-262-37438-2; 0-262-37437-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910741381003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Engineering Studies