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Books on: earthquake communication

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Earthquake Insurance: A Longitudinal Study of California Homeowners

Book by Risa Palm; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

Insurance, Earthquake--California--Longitudinal Studies

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...1993. The Great Earthquake Experiment: Risk Communication and Public Action...Engineering. 1969. Earthquake Engineering Research...Reduction of Losses from Earthquakes: Conclusions from the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 . Washington...
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Illusions of Safety: Culture and Earthquake Hazard Response in California and Japan

Book by Risa Palm, John Carroll; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Disaster Relief--California--Planning--Public Opinion, Disaster Relief--Japan--Planning--Public Opinion, Earthquake Hazard Analysis--California, Earthquake Hazard Analysis--Japan, Earthquakes--Califiornia--Safety Measures--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--California--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--Japan--Public Opinion, Earthquakes--Japan--Safety Measures--Public Opinion

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...effective at the time of the earthquake, and improvements in the emergency communication system. The Japanese also...investment in research on earthquake prediction. It should be...a government program of earthquake prediction, few homeowners...time and location of future earthquakes. Respondents in both countries...
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Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

Book by Susan Hough; Princeton University Press, 2009

Subjects:

Earthquake Prediction

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...and Nigg, The Politics of Earthquake Prediction . 225 226. Thomas Jordan, personal communication, 2008. 227. Hiroo Kanamori, personal communication, 2008. 228. Clarence Allen, personal communication, 2008. 229. Allen, Transcript...
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Earthquake Risk Reduction

Book by David J. Dowrick; Wiley, 2003

Subjects:

Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Resistant Design

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...Krawinkler H (1996) Earthquake design and performance of...performance of buildings in earthquakes. Draft for comment. Report...resistance of structures to earthquakes. Bull NZ Soc for Earthq...The Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake of 17 January 1995. Bull...Wellington, personal communication. Poole RA and Clendon JE...
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Community Reconstruction after an Earthquake: Dialectical Sociology in Action

Book by Ino Rossi; Praeger Publishers, 1993

Subjects:

Dialectic, Disaster Relief--Italy, Southern, Earthquakes--Italy, Southern, Sociology--Philosophy, Structuralism

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...punishment even of mature women. The communication in confidence came only when I was leaving...Family welfare as a key. Interviews with earthquake victims have repeatedly shown that the...few industrial plants built after the earthquake. To the question, "How do you intend...

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Journal Articles on: earthquake communication

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Tokyo before the Next Earthquake: Agglomeration-related Risks, Town Planning and Disaster Prevention

Journal article by Winfried Flüchter; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 74, 2003

Subjects:

Agglomeration, Disasters, Earthquakes, Housing, Power plants, Public interest, Seismic engineering

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...Lessons from Japans history of earthquakes The next destructive earthquake will hit southern Kantowith certainty...earthquakes in Edo in 1602, severe earthquakes have struck the Japanese capital...long predicted that a destructive earthquake will strike Tokyo. When he was...capital. A comparison of the great earthquakes of Kanto(1923) and Hanshin...the crucial factors in the Kanto earthquake disaster (magnitude 7.9, offshore...
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Living with Earthquakes: Beliefs and Information

Journal article by Gary J. Lechliter, Frank N. Willis; The Psychological Record, Vol. 46, 1996

Subjects:

Danger perception--Research, Earthquakes--Public opinion

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...unknown. They examined coping with earthquakes in Californias active earthquake zone. Their results suggested...residents dealing with possible earthquakes, and to compare New Madrid with the major earthquake area observed by Lehman and Taylor...Illinois University Press. CENTER FOR EARTHQUAKE STUDIES. (1993). Selective earthquakes recorded on the southeast seismograph...
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Charles Lyell and the Great 1855 Earthquake in New Zealand: First Recognition of Active Fault Tectonics

Journal article by Rodney H. Grapes, Gaye L. Downes; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 167, 2010

Subjects:

Earthquakes, New Zealand

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...and the Great 1855 Earthquake in New Zealand...relationship between earthquakes and fault rupture...1855 New Zealand earthquake with an estimated...from them. First communications On 7 March 1856...version of Lyells communication to the Royal Institution...the New Zealand earthquake and the accompanying...the association of earthquakes with incremental...
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The 2011 Japanese Earthquake: An Overview of Environmental Health Impacts

Journal article by Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, James Conder, Ami Ruffing, Victor White; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 74, 2012

Subjects:

Earthquake damage--Environmental aspects, Earthquake damage--Health aspects, Earthquake damage--Japan, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011--Environmental aspects, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011--Health aspects, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan--Environmental aspects, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan--Health aspects, Nuclear accidents--Environmental aspects, Nuclear accidents--Health aspects

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...crushing wounds resulting from the earthquake and the tsunami. Building codes designed to withstand earthquakes undoubtedly prevented many more injuries...Retrieved May 10, 2011, from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/ usc0001xgp...Japans Internet largely intact after earthquake, tsunami. Computer World. Retrieved...
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Interpreting Resourcing Bottlenecks of Post-wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction in China

Journal article by Yan Chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa, Erica Seville; International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Vol. 14, 2010

Subjects:

China, Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Studies

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...Bottlenecks of Post-wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction in China by...a magnitude (M) 8.01 earthquake struck the Sichuan Province...developed in the current Wenchuan earthquake will need to be reviewed...strengthening and closer communication and collaboration between...

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Magazine Articles on: earthquake communication

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Architectural Responses to the Haitian Earthquake Reveal Misplaced Motives

Magazine article by Ian Baldwin; The Architectural Review, Vol. 227, March 2010

Subjects:

Architectural firms--Contracts, Architectural practice--Contracts, Architectural services--Contracts, Disaster relief--Evaluation, Disaster relief--United States, Haiti Earthquake, 2010, Post-disaster reconstruction--Contracts, Post-disaster reconstruction--Planning

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...where their design communication skills could have much...impact. If the Haitian earthquake has made one thing...working well before the earthquake), but they serve...the whole idea of the earthquake being an opportunity...
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U.s. Humanitarian Response to Iran Earthquake Sparks New Debate on Relations

Magazine article by Afshin Molavi, Delinda C. Hanley; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 23, March 2004

Subjects:

Diplomacy, Disasters, Earthquakes, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Government, Humanitarian aid, International, International relations, International relations-US, Iran

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...different cities. Because this communication network already was in place...assess the needs of Iranian earthquake victims and quickly mobilize...or material assistance. Earthquake survivors are in desperate...American opinions. After the earthquake, however, the community...
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Earthquake: the Risk of Disaster

Magazine article; Risk Management, Vol. 42, April 1995

Subjects:

California, Earthquakes, Risk management, United States

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Earthquake: the Risk of Disaster The risk of earthquakes is a fact of life for millions...experienced hundreds of small earthquakes since the Great Earthquake of 1906 devastated the city. Earthquakes strong enough to cause structural...
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Preparing for an Earthquake: Information for Schools and Families

Magazine article by Melissa Allen Heath, Brenda Dean; National Association of School Psychologists. Communique, Vol. 37, November 2008

Subjects:

Building codes, Deaths, Earthquake damage, Earthquakes, Medical supplies, Outdoor activities, School boards, School districts, Seismic engineering, Students

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...2006), following an earthquake, one nurse could...the death toll for earthquakes in the U.S. is...prepared for a major earthquake. The potential for...areas to coordinate communication and rescue efforts...and preparing for earthquakes. These efforts are...the case of a major earthquake. Information about...
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Rocking and Rolling: Earthquakes outside California

Magazine article by Judith M. Tornese, Virginia Lawson; Risk Management, Vol. 44, May 1997

Subjects:

Buildings, Contingency planning, Earthquakes, Guidelines, Insurance coverage, Pacific Bell, Risk assessment, Risk exposure, Transamerica Corp, United States

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...professionals to learn about earthquake exposures, employees who have never experienced an earthquake may not have given the...hazards brought about by earthquakes, which may be quite different. For example, an earthquake is likely to produce area...bridges, and limited communications, whereas a building fire...life insurance business, communication and data are its lifeblood...

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Newspaper Articles on: earthquake communication

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The Impact of the Massive Earthquake and Tsunami That Devastated Japan March 11

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 26, 2011

Subjects:

Airlines, Earthquakes--Japan, Earthquakes--United States, Natural disaster damage, Tsunamis--Japan, Tsunamis--United States, United Continental Holdings Inc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...The impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated...others worked various forms of communication for several days to get news...after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. "Any number...hampered in the days after the earthquake in assessing the condition...
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Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake Devastates Haiti

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 13, 2010

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Casualties, Natural disaster damage--Casualties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Foreign Service A MASSIVE earthquake struck the impoverished...infrastructure. All telephone communication to the country had been...to the U.S. called the earthquake, whose epicentre was ten...Britons being injured in the earthquake. President Obama said he...and hurricanes rather than earthquakes. More than 3,000 were...
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Major Earthquake Hits Haiti

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 13, 2010

Subjects:

Earthquakes, Peacekeeping forces

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...difficulty establishing communication with the Filipinos in...disaster and chaos rdquo;.Communications were widely disrupted...phone to Haiti since.The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude...called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is...past the other, said earthquake expert Tom Jordan at the...Southern California. The earthquakes size and proximity to...
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Rebuilding Ruined Haiti Will Take Our Combined Efforts; Half a Year after Haiti Was Devastated by an Earthquake Which Shattered Lives and Stretched Aid Efforts to the Limit, Luned Jones of Oxfam Cymru Details the Lessons Learned and the Enduring Challenges Ahead

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 14, 2010

Subjects:

Earthquakes

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sanitation. It was not the earthquake alone that killed so many...support in response to the earthquake enabled aid to get through...Recovery from the Haiti earthquake is one of the most complex...not move quickly enough. Communication was slow and co-ordination...
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10 Killed as Massive Earthquake Triggers Tsunami off Indonesia

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 13, 2007

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Casualties, Earthquakes--Indonesia, Natural disaster damage--Casualties, Tsunamis--Casualties, Tsunamis--Indonesia

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10 Killed as Massive Earthquake Triggers Tsunami off Indonesia. A massive earthquake killed at least 10 people...quake, he said, but a communication blackout was making it...not touch us here." "Communication is cut, we cant call out...a depth of 18 miles. "Earthquakes of this size have the potential...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: earthquake communication

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California

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...until 1869. In the meantime communication and transportation depended...greatly after the great earthquake and fire of 1906. Improvements...flooding and brushfires, earthquakes have caused widespread damage...In Oct., 1989, a major earthquake killed about 60 people and...area. In Jan., 1994, an earthquake hit the Northridge area...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...interior, and Lanzhou is the key communications junction of the vast northwest...inadequacies in transportation, communication, and energy resources. Government...months later. A devastating earthquake struck SW China in May. Centered...
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Los Angeles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Transportation Los Angeles is a shipping, industrial, communication, financial, fashion, and distribution center for the W...Angeles are subject to wildfires and rockslides, and the 1994 earthquake centered in Northridge in N Los Angeles, which killed 72...

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