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Book Synopsis After a California Earthquake by : Risa Palm
Download or read book After a California Earthquake written by Risa Palm and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-04-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly before the Loma Prieta earthquake devastated areas of Northern California in 1989, Risa Palm and her associates had surveyed 2,500 homeowners in the area about their perception of risk from earthquakes. After the quake they surveyed the homeowners again and found that their perception of risk had increased but that most respondents were fatalistic and continued to ignore self-protective measures; those who personally experienced damage were more likely to buy insurance. A rare opportunity to analyze behavior change directly before and after a natural disaster, this survey has implications for policy makers, insurance officials, and those concerned with risk management.
Book Synopsis Earthquake Damage, Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 1989: Effects in San Francisco and Oakland by :
Download or read book Earthquake Damage, Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 1989: Effects in San Francisco and Oakland written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake by : National Research Council
Download or read book Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-- Landslides by :
Download or read book The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-- Landslides written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Three Weeks in October by : Ron Fimrite
Download or read book Three Weeks in October written by Ron Fimrite and published by Woodford Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989--recovery, Mitigation, and Reconstruction by : Joanne M. Nigg
Download or read book The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989--recovery, Mitigation, and Reconstruction written by Joanne M. Nigg and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Documenting Aftermath by : Megan Finn
Download or read book Documenting Aftermath written by Megan Finn and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis National Clearinghouse for Loma Prieta Earthquake Information Catalog by :
Download or read book National Clearinghouse for Loma Prieta Earthquake Information Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989--building Structures by :
Download or read book The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989--building Structures written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Loma Prieta by : Francisco X. Alarcón
Download or read book Loma Prieta written by Francisco X. Alarcón and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of these poems first appeared as Quake Poems ... in an effort by the author and Christopher Funkhouser to raise Earthquake Relief funds.
Book Synopsis Earthquake in Loma Prieta, CA, 1989 by : Susan Harkins
Download or read book Earthquake in Loma Prieta, CA, 1989 written by Susan Harkins and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictionalized account of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake provides an age-appropriate medium for describing what happened during this deadly natural disaster. In easy prose and bright photographs, it also details how to prepare for, how to protect oneself during, and how to respond after an earthquake. Includes the science behind earthquakes and an in-depth chronology of the event.
Author :Structural Engineers Association of California. Ad Hoc Earthquake Reconnaissance Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :194 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Reflections on the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake by : Structural Engineers Association of California. Ad Hoc Earthquake Reconnaissance Committee
Download or read book Reflections on the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake written by Structural Engineers Association of California. Ad Hoc Earthquake Reconnaissance Committee and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Structural Engineers Association of California recently published, Reflections on the Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1989. The 184 page document features photographs, graphs & charts which include observations made by an Ad Hoc Earthquake Reconnaissance Committee composed of members from the four local associations. Recommendations to improve future codes & emergency response to earthquakes are given. The report may be purchased from the: Structural Engineers Association of California, P. O. Box 19440, Sacramento, CA 95819-0440. Phone: (916) 427-3647. Price: $40.00 plus 3.50 Handling & Postage.
Download or read book Quake! written by Joe Cottonwood and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.
Book Synopsis The Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1989 by : Peter L. Ward
Download or read book The Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1989 written by Peter L. Ward and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making by : National Research Council
Download or read book Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-01-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-- Marina District by :
Download or read book The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-- Marina District written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Quake of '89 by : San Francisco Chronicle
Download or read book The Quake of '89 written by San Francisco Chronicle and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers photographs, firsthand accounts, and reflections on the lessons to be learned.
