Practical Lessons From The Loma Prieta Earthquake

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Geotechnical Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309050302

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Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Geotechnical Board Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Buildings
ISBN : OCLC:961615228

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Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake by Anonim Pdf

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Accelerograms
ISBN : OSU:32435062555420

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Lessons Learned from the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 by Geological Survey (U.S.) Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Bridges
ISBN : PSU:000016150102

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The Loma Prieta Earthquake by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology Pdf

Author : Patricia A. Bolton,Carlyn E. Orians
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Earthquake hazard analysis
ISBN : OCLC:25785357

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Earthquake Mitigation in the Bay Area by Patricia A. Bolton,Carlyn E. Orians Pdf

Author : Joanna L. Dyl
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295742472

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Seismic City by Joanna L. Dyl Pdf

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.

Author : Megan Finn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262038218

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Documenting Aftermath by Megan Finn Pdf

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.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,Committee on National Earthquake Resilienceâ¬"Research, Implementation, and Outreach
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309186773

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National Earthquake Resilience by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,Committee on National Earthquake Resilienceâ¬"Research, Implementation, and Outreach Pdf

The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is not a reliable indicator of preparedness for a major earthquake in a populated area. The recent, disastrous, magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northern Japan demonstrates the threat that earthquakes pose. Moreover, the cascading nature of impacts-the earthquake causing a tsunami, cutting electrical power supplies, and stopping the pumps needed to cool nuclear reactors-demonstrates the potential complexity of an earthquake disaster. Such compound disasters can strike any earthquake-prone populated area. National Earthquake Resilience presents a roadmap for increasing our national resilience to earthquakes. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is the multi-agency program mandated by Congress to undertake activities to reduce the effects of future earthquakes in the United States. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-the lead NEHRP agency-commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to develop a roadmap for earthquake hazard and risk reduction in the United States that would be based on the goals and objectives for achieving national earthquake resilience described in the 2008 NEHRP Strategic Plan. National Earthquake Resilience does this by assessing the activities and costs that would be required for the nation to achieve earthquake resilience in 20 years. National Earthquake Resilience interprets resilience broadly to incorporate engineering/science (physical), social/economic (behavioral), and institutional (governing) dimensions. Resilience encompasses both pre-disaster preparedness activities and post-disaster response. In combination, these will enhance the robustness of communities in all earthquake-vulnerable regions of our nation so that they can function adequately following damaging earthquakes. While National Earthquake Resilience is written primarily for the NEHRP, it also speaks to a broader audience of policy makers, earth scientists, and emergency managers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Buildings
ISBN : ERDC:35925002587860

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The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Strong ground motion and ground failure by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520221192

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Magnitude 8 by Philip L. Fradkin Pdf

A "superb cautionary tale (that) should be required reading for every Californian" (Mike Davis, author of "City of Quartz"), "Magnitude 8" reaches beyond the earthshaking moment to examine the mythology, culture, social implications, politics, and science of earthquakes. Map.

Author : Mark Yashinsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Bridges
ISBN : UCR:31210020798839

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The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989, Highway Systems by Mark Yashinsky Pdf

Author : Eugene Zeller
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788183826

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Planning for Seismic Rehabilitation by Eugene Zeller Pdf

Acquaints users with typical problems unrelated to design and construction processes that might arise when planning or engaging in seismic rehab. projects and programs. Alerts readers to the difficulties inherent in implementing seismic rehab. recommendations. Emphasizes 2 basic user-oriented concepts. The first is a process that outlines a set of decision points so the user can determine whether seismic rehab. efforts are needed &, if so, their potential scope. The 2nd offers a simple "escalation ladder" to help users understand the degree of conflict inherent in and the implications of choosing what, if any, seismic rehab. strategies to follow.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Buildings
ISBN : UOM:39015041790372

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Planning for Seismic Rehabilitation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patricia A. Bolton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422319660

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Earthquake Mitigation in the Bay Area: Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake by Patricia A. Bolton Pdf

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.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309045469

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A Safer Future by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Pdf

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.