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science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation

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An edition of California earthquakes (2001)

California earthquakes

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"In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat.".

"Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and environmental awareness, California Earthquakes examines how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it."--BOOK JACKET.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
337

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Subjects
Hazard mitigation, Safety measures, Earthquake hazard analysis, History, Earthquakes, Veiligheidsmaatregelen, Sicherheitsma©nahme, Geschichte, Aardbevingen, Erdbeben, Risicoanalyse
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California

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California earthquakes: science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation
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Table of Contents

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
Pushing prediction: the establishment of the national earthquake hazards reduction
Program
The regulatory state apparatus in action.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
363.34/95/09794
Library of Congress
QE535.2.U6 G485 2001, QE535.2.U6 G485

The Physical Object

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x, 337 p. :
Number of pages
337

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OL6776885M
Internet Archive
californiaearthq0000gesc
ISBN 10
0801865964
LCCN
00010627
OCLC/WorldCat
44720748
Goodreads
4958870

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