Earthquake
The 2011 devastating, tsunami-triggering quake off the coast of Japan and 2010's horrifying destruction in Haiti reinforce the fact that large cities in every continent are at risk from earthquakes. Quakes threaten Los Angeles, Beijing, Cairo, Delhi, Singapore, and many more cities, and despite advances in earthquake science and engineering and improved disaster preparedness by governments and international aid agencies, they continue to cause immense loss of life and property damage. Earthquak…
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- Full title :Earthquake / Andrew Robinson.
Summary
The 2011 devastating, tsunami-triggering quake off the coast of Japan and 2010's horrifying destruction in Haiti reinforce the fact that large cities in every continent are at risk from earthquakes. Quakes threaten Los Angeles, Beijing, Cairo, Delhi, Singapore, and many more cities, and despite advances in earthquake science and engineering and improved disaster preparedness by governments and international aid agencies, they continue to cause immense loss of life and property damage. Earthquake explores the occurrence of major earthquakes around the world, th.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Reaktion books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (208 pages) : : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1780230613, 9781780230610
- oclc:ocn860501189
- LC Classification:QE534.3
- Dewey Decimal:551.22
Table of Contents
Earthquake Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1. Earth-shattering Events; 2. Lisbon, 1755: The Wrath of God; 3. Seismology Begins; 4. Tokyo, 1923: Holocaust; 5. Measuring Earthquakes; 6. Faults, Plates and Drifting Continents; 7. California: The Enigma of the San Andreas Fault; 8. Prediction of the Unpredictable; 9. Designing against Death; References; Select bibliography; Associations and websites; Photo acknowledgements; Index.
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