Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1994-02-01
Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-02-01 with Science categories.
The Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco area on October 17, 1989, causing 63 deaths and $10 billion worth of damage. This book reviews existing research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it practical lessons that could be applied to other earthquake-prone areas of the country. The volume contains seven keynote papers presented at a symposium on the earthquake and includes an overview written by the committee offering recommendations to improve seismic safety and earthquake awareness in parts of the country susceptible to earthquakes.
Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Buildings categories.
Lessons Learned From The Loma Prieta California Earthquake Of October 17 1989
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Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Lessons Learned From The Loma Prieta California Earthquake Of October 17 1989 written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Accelerograms categories.
The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Loma Prieta Earthquake written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Bridges categories.
Earthquake Mitigation In The Bay Area
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Author : Patricia A. Bolton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Earthquake Mitigation In The Bay Area written by Patricia A. Bolton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Earthquake hazard analysis categories.
Earthquake Mitigation In The Bay Area Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Author : Patricia A. Bolton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Earthquake Mitigation In The Bay Area Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake written by Patricia A. Bolton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with categories.
The Loma Prieta earthquake of Oct. 17, 1989 caused $8 billion in damage throughout the San Francisco Bay region & in Santa Cruz County. Much of the development in the San Francisco Bay region survived with little or no damage. This is due in part to the location & physical characteristics of the earthquake itself & in part to deliberate actions on the part of local gov¿ts. & citizens to reduce the vulnerability of the built environment to earthquake damage. Various fed., state, & regional programs have been carried out to promote local-level loss reduction activities. This study focused on county & city mitigation efforts in the 7 counties that sustained the most earthquake damage: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, & San Fran.
Improved Seismic Monitoring Improved Decision Making
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2006-01-04
Improved Seismic Monitoring Improved Decision Making written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-04 with Science categories.
Improved Seismic Monitoringâ€"Improved Decision-Making, describes and assesses the varied economic benefits potentially derived from modernizing and expanding seismic monitoring activities in the United States. These benefits include more effective loss avoidance regulations and strategies, improved understanding of earthquake processes, better engineering design, more effective hazard mitigation strategies, and improved emergency response and recovery. The economic principles that must be applied to determine potential benefits are reviewed and the report concludes that although there is insufficient information available at present to fully quantify all the potential benefits, the annual dollar costs for improved seismic monitoring are in the tens of millions and the potential annual dollar benefits are in the hundreds of millions.
The Loma Prieta California Earthquake Of October 17 1989 Strong Ground Motion And Ground Failure
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Loma Prieta California Earthquake Of October 17 1989 Strong Ground Motion And Ground Failure written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Buildings categories.
Seismic City
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Author : Joanna L. Dyl
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Seismic City written by Joanna L. Dyl and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with History categories.
On April 18, 1906, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco region, igniting fires that burned half the city. The disaster in all its elements — earthquake, fires, and recovery — profoundly disrupted the urban order and challenged San Francisco’s perceived permanence. The crisis temporarily broke down spatial divisions of class and race and highlighted the contested terrain of urban nature in an era of widespread class conflict, simmering ethnic tensions, and controversial reform efforts. From a proposal to expel Chinatown from the city center to a vision of San Francisco paved with concrete in the name of sanitation, the process of reconstruction involved reenvisioning the places of both people and nature. In their zeal to restore their city, San Franciscans downplayed the role of the earthquake and persisted in choosing patterns of development that exacerbated risk. In this close study of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl examines the decades leading up to the catastrophic event and the city’s recovery from it. Combining urban environmental history and disaster studies, Seismic City demonstrates how the crisis and subsequent rebuilding reflect the dynamic interplay of natural and human influences that have shaped San Francisco.
Documenting Aftermath
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Author : Megan Finn
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-07-23
Documenting Aftermath written by Megan Finn and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-23 with Social Science categories.
An examination of how changing public information infrastructures shaped people's experience of earthquakes in Northern California in 1868, 1906, and 1989. When an earthquake happens in California today, residents may look to the United States Geological Survey for online maps that show the quake's epicenter, turn to Twitter for government bulletins and the latest news, check Facebook for updates from friends and family, and count on help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). One hundred and fifty years ago, however, FEMA and other government agencies did not exist, and information came by telegraph and newspaper. In Documenting Aftermath, Megan Finn explores changing public information infrastructures and how they shaped people's experience of disaster, examining postearthquake information and communication practices in three Northern California earthquakes: the 1868 Hayward Fault earthquake, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. She then analyzes the institutions, policies, and technologies that shape today's postdisaster information landscape. Finn argues that information orders—complex constellations of institutions, technologies, and practices—influence how we act in, experience, and document events. What Finn terms event epistemologies, constituted both by historical documents and by researchers who study them, explain how information orders facilitate particular possibilities for knowledge. After the 1868 earthquake, the Chamber of Commerce telegraphed reassurances to out-of-state investors while local newspapers ran sensational earthquake narratives; in 1906, families and institutions used innovative techniques for locating people; and in 1989, government institutions and the media developed a symbiotic relationship in information dissemination. Today, government disaster response plans and new media platforms imagine different sources of informational authority yet work together shaping disaster narratives.