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Books on: earthquake response

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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

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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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...more worried about an earthquake affecting their communities. After the Kobe earthquake, this pattern was exacerbated. Correlates of Earthquake Response Sex Previous research...associated with worry about earthquakes and their specific consequences...
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Earthquake Risk Reduction

Book by David J. Dowrick; Wiley, 2003

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Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Resistant Design

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...structure. Scaling of earthquake accelerograms (or spectra...commonly used for scaling response spectra, they are not...Special features of design earthquake response spectra In establishing design earthquake response spectra by the...
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Earthquake Insurance: A Longitudinal Study of California Homeowners

Book by Risa Palm; Westview Press, 1995

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Insurance, Earthquake--California--Longitudinal Studies

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...the household has had earthquake insurance, length of...Additional questions probed responses to the new mandatory earthquake insurance. Response Rate and Mode of Analysis...designed to increase the response rate. The sequence includes...
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Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

Book by Susan Hough; Princeton University Press, 2009

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Earthquake Prediction

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...launch a comprehensive earthquake prediction and preparedness program. In response the Office of Management...only $2.6 million for earthquake programs but did not increase...budgets. Thus the nascent earthquake center was left to keep...
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Community Reconstruction after an Earthquake: Dialectical Sociology in Action

Book by Ino Rossi; Praeger Publishers, 1993

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

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...research focussed not on the response that immediately followed the earthquake, but on the long-term recovery...damaged." Aspects of the post-earthquake industrialization of the region stricken by the earthquake were also considered, because...

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Journal Articles on: earthquake response

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The Cenozoic Uplift and Earthquake Belt of Mainland Britain as a Response to an Underlying Hot, Low-density Upper Mantle

Journal article by Martin H. P Bott, Jacqueline D. J Bott; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 161, 2004

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Earthquakes, Exhumation, Models, Plate tectonics, Seismology, Soil erosion, United Kingdom

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...Cenozoic Uplift and Earthquake Belt of Mainland Britain as a Response to an Underlying Hot...occurrence of intraplate earthquakes. Britain is a good...RF. Third, the response to erosional unloading...isostatic rise in response to the low-density...region and its uplift. Earthquake mechanisms are published...Bulletins of British Earthquakes, as listed by Simpson...
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Comparative Behavioral Response to Future Earthquakes: the Cases of Turkey and USA

Journal article by Aytul Kasapoglu, Mehmet Ecevit; Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 32, 2004

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...regard to comparisons of the earthquake culture of the two societies...policies to increase societal response for future earthquakes. For the objectives of...characteristics of the next earthquake where they live? (2...actions recommended about earthquakes? (3) What survivors...survivors? (6) What are the responses of survivors of Turkey...
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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

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Danger perception--Research, Earthquakes--Public opinion

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...to avoid the risks of an earthquake because they were attracted...one of the most dangerous earthquake zones in the world. In the event of a major earthquake, emergency response would come from the Red...of New Madrid agree that earthquakes are serious, they do not...informed about appropriate responses. The most effective method...
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An Emerging Civil Society: the Impact of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake on Grass-roots Associations in China

Journal article by Shawn Shieh, Guosheng Deng; The China Journal, 2011

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Charitable foundations, Donations, Earthquakes, Nongovernmental organizations--NGOs, Politics, Social capital, Society, Volunteers

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...Beijing, but the social response to it was just as unexpected...entire year of 2007. The response by volunteers and civic...the significance of this response, some media reports touted...volunteers and associations in earthquake relief shows that civil...Studies of civil society responses to earthquakes and other crises suggest...
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Chemical Aftermath: Contamination and Cleanup Following the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Journal article by Winifred A. Bird, Elizabeth Grossman; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011

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Chemicals--Environmental aspects, Earthquakes--Environmental aspects, Earthquakes--Japan, Tsunamis--Environmental aspects, Tsunamis--Japan

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...or bury tsunami and earthquake waste the risk to...before the tsunami and earthquake hit. Were there industrial...disasters including earthquakes, it is not made public...often local disaster response plans in the United...Hazards During the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami Response." (49) Designed...

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Magazine Articles on: earthquake response

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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

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

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U.s. Humanitarian Response to Iran Earthquake Sparks New Debate on Relations...the victims of the devastating earthquake that took some 40,000 lives...prisoners held in Iran. The Bam earthquake, however, intensified the contacts...
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The Aftermath: Chinese Leaders Have Been Praised for Their Response to the Sichuan Earthquake, but the Political Fallout Has Only Just Begun

Magazine article by Hilsu Lindsey; New Statesman, Vol. 137, May 26, 2008

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China--Environmental aspects, China--Social policy, Chinese foreign relations, Disaster relief--China, Earthquake damage--Economic aspects, Post-disaster reconstruction, Sichuan, China, Earthquake, 2008--Economic aspects

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...Have Been Praised for Their Response to the Sichuan Earthquake, but the Political Fallout...medicines and headed into the earthquake zone. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...students what I did in the earthquake." Some volunteers were disaster...
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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

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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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Architectural Responses to the Haitian Earthquake Reveal Misplaced Motives...competition is the right response three weeks after a...Effective humanitarian response depends on timing...Producing these sorts of responses is not only useless...impact. If the Haitian earthquake has made one thing...
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The Bam Earthquake: The Tragedy of a Cultural Treasure 'Depicted in the Faces of People'

Magazine article by Giovanni Campi; UN Chronicle, Vol. 41, December 2004

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Bam, Iran, Earthquake, 2003--Casualties, Bam, Iran--Environmental aspects, Earthquakes--Casualties, Earthquakes--Iran

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...the immediate impact of the earthquake, survivors experienced both...enormous devastation caused by the earthquake, the response of the Iranian authorities...legacy, despite the tragic earthquake, will remain a cultural treasure...
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Rocking and Rolling: Earthquakes outside California

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

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

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...insurance. Preparing Response Procedures Although...never experienced an earthquake may not have given...brought about by earthquakes, which may be quite...budgeting priority for earthquake engineering evaluation...Prieta and Northridge earthquakes were limited to substantially...Pacific Bells emergency response and recovery plan...site inspection. Earthquake drills for employees...

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Newspaper Articles on: earthquake response

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Tech Companies Pitch in on Earthquake Response

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2011

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Computer software industry, Disaster victims, Earthquakes--Japan, Earthquakes--United States, Google Inc., High technology industry, Information services, Information services industry, Microsoft Corp., Missing persons, Software industry, Tsunamis--Japan, Tsunamis--United States, Twitter (Online service)

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Tech Companies Pitch in on Earthquake Response. SEATTLE (AP) - Google Inc...out in the wake of last weeks earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami...customers and partners affected by the earthquake and offering them free technical...
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Twitter to Aid Earthquake Response

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 21, 2009

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Online social networks, Seismology, Volcanology

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

Twitter to Aid Earthquake Response. Mayon Volcano...information about recent earthquakes.In this exploratory...gathers real-time, earthquake-related messages...The potential for earthquake detection in populated...
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Response to Earthquakes in Athens, Istanbul Strengthens Ties

Newspaper article by Geoffrey Smith; The Washington Times, March 31, 2000

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Athens, Greece, Turkey

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

Response to earthquakes in Athens...response to earthquakes last year in...since a major earthquake hit Turkey last...relief. When an earthquake hit Athens a...said, "The earthquakes really opened...
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Enormity of Haiti Task Can't Be an Excuse for Inaction; WEDNESDAY ESSAY as Haiti Marks the Anniversary of the Earthquake That Devastated a Nation, Head of Oxfam Cymru Chris Johnes Admits Lack of Long-Term Reconstruction Has Disappointed Haitians and Donors and Left Huge Challenges Remaining

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 12, 2011

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Cholera toxin--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Cholera--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Earthquakes--Haiti, Earthquakes--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Humanitarian aid--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Natural disaster damage--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

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

...rituals of new resolutions, an earthquake that struck Haiti on January...600 dead. The humanitarian response that has taken place over...people affected by both the earthquake and the recent outbreak of...aid response in Haiti. The earthquake struck a country that was...
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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

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Earthquakes

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

...perilous state before the earthquake. More than 70% of people...sanitation. It was not the earthquake alone that killed so many...the initial humanitarian response has to be followed by a transformation...support in response to the earthquake enabled aid to get through...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: earthquake response

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Mexico , Country, North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...direct foreign investment regulations. The economic crisis, the austerity measures imposed in response, and the added economic blow of a major earthquake in Mexico City in 1985 all contributed to popular discontent with the Institutional Revolutionary...
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Algeria

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...N Algeria is subject to earthquakes, which, as in 1954, 1980...in the same year a massive earthquake struck NW Algeria, killing...Two months later a strong earthquake devastated many towns east...The ineffective official response to the disaster led to public...
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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...trials, in dealing with agitators. In response, Mohandas K. Gandhi organized the first...Quit India movement. Great Britains response was to outlaw the Congress and jail Gandhi...Sikh state in the Punjab. Government response escalated until in June, 1984, army...
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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...nuclear program. Meanwhile, an earthquake, centered on Bam in SE Iran...the UN Security Council. In response Iran resumed uranium enrichment...statement left unclear what if any response there would be if Iran refused...remained defiant, and its slow response to a European Union led negotiating...
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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...shaken by two major disasters. The worst earthquake in Japan in more than 70 years struck...prior consultation with Japan. Partly in response, the Tanaka government established...2006, brought a quick and strong response from Japan, which imposed new, much...

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