Earthquake time bombs

Earthquake time bombs

by Yeats, Robert S.

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In a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake struck the city, leaving over 100,000 dead and triggering a humanitarian crisis. In this timely study, Yeats sheds new light on other earthquake hotspots around the world and the communities at risk. He examines these seismic threats in the context of recent cultural h…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Earthquake time bombs / Robert Yeats (Oregon State University).

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In a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake struck the city, leaving over 100,000 dead and triggering a humanitarian crisis. In this timely study, Yeats sheds new light on other earthquake hotspots around the world and the communities at risk. He examines these seismic threats in the context of recent cultural history, including economic development, national politics and international conflicts. Descriptions of emerging seismic resilience plans from some cities provide a more hopeful picture. Essential reading for policy-makers, infrastructure and emergency planners, scientists, students and anyone living in the shadow of an earthquake, this book raises the alarm so that we can protect our vulnerable cities before it's too late. Draws comparisons between the capacity of first-world and developing-world countries to prepare for a major earthquake. Combines science with history to present a detailed, informative, and timely study of the world's earthquake time bombs. Explores how the combination of mass migration to megacities coupled with poor building standards is putting ever more people at risk.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:xv, 346 Seiten : : Illustrationen

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781107085244, 1107085241
  • oclc:ocn936073040
  • Dewey Decimal:551.22

Subjects

Earthquake prediction earthquakes Erdbebenvorhersage Seismology Sismologie Tremblements de terre Tremblements de terre -- Prévision

Writers

Yeats, Robert S.

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