California earthquakes science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /

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Glavni autor: Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-
Autor kompanije: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronički e-knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
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Sadržaj:
  • 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.