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Autore: | Geschwind Carl-Henry <1965-> |
Titolo: | California earthquakes : science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / / Carl-Henry Geschwind |
Pubblicazione: | Baltimore ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.34/95/09794 |
Soggetto topico: | Earthquake hazard analysis - California - History |
Earthquakes - California - Safety measures - History | |
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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | California earthquakes |
ISBN: | 0-8018-7360-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825746903321 |
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