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Books on: earthquakes reconstruction

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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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...affecting the recovery after earthquakes, Geipel includes what we...variables: extent of damage, reconstruction resources, innovative leadership...experience of four California earthquakes shows that the effectiveness...speedy reconstruction after earthquakes. The proposed framework...
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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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...Arnold, Christopher, 1993. Reconstruction after earthquakes: issues, urban design...Bolt, Bruce. 1993. Earthquakes . New York: W. H. Freeman...The Homeowners Guide to Earthquake Safety . Sacramento, Ca...The Effects of the 1886 Earthquake on the Built Environment...
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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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...Landers and Big Bear Earthquakes of June 18 and 29. 1992". EERI Newsletter , Special Earthquake Report, 26 8 :1. Edwards...catastrophic California earthquake: findings and actions taken...Robert. 1982. Disaster and Reconstruction: The Friuli Italy Earthquakes of 1976 . London: Allen...
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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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...known dates of last big earthquakes. This calculation revealed...have discussed, when an earthquake on a certain fault is overdue...structure after a strong earthquake but rather to provide for...cost of construction and reconstruction, and the value of urban...billion, price tag. If earthquake science could perfect the...
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The Lisbon Earthquake

Book by T. D. Kendrick; J. B. Lippincott, 1957

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Lisbon (Portugal)--Earthquake, 1755

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...made to return to the destroyed part of the town, particularly technicians and craftsmen who could help in the work of reconstruction. Rossio, Terreiro do Paco, and the Praca da Ribeira were crowded with temporary offices and shops, and there was a constant...

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Journal Articles on: earthquakes reconstruction

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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

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China, Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Studies

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...Bottlenecks of Post-wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction in China by Yan Chang...resourcing for post-earthquake housing reconstruction in China. This paper...resources in post-Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction? 2. What initiatives...
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Earthquake in Haiti: a Failure in Crisis Management?

Journal article by Chris Piotrowski; Organization Development Journal, Vol. 28, 2010

Subjects:

Contingency planning, Disaster recovery, Earthquakes, Haiti, Management by crisis, Studies

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...disasters, including earthquakes, is quite voluminous...1906 San Francisco earthquake was largely an uncontrolled...recovery, and reconstruction. In fact, these...Prior Research on Earthquakes With regard to the...phase of the Haitian earthquake, prior research...psychological aspects of earthquakes should prove informative...
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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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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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...far away as Beijing. The earthquake caused massive damage and...materials to the relief and reconstruction effort. Only two weeks after the earthquake, public donations exceeded...volunteers and associations in earthquake relief shows that civil...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

Subjects:

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

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...fires that followed the earthquake would also have released...Disaster Waste Management and Reconstruction Task Team, an academic...burn or bury tsunami and earthquake waste the risk to the environment...area before the tsunami and earthquake hit. Were there industrial...from disasters including earthquakes, it is not made public...

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Magazine Articles on: earthquakes reconstruction

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General Assembly Urges International Mobilization for Mexican Earthquake Relief, Reconstruction

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 22, September 1985

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Disaster relief--Mexico, Earthquakes--Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico--Natural disasters, Sepulveda, Bernardo--Attitudes, United Nations. General Assembly--Planning

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...for Mexican earthquake relief, reconstruction. The catastrophic earthquakes which struck...wrought by the earthquakes, the Assembly...September earthquake, originally...learn of the earthquake, and assured...after the earthquakes. By 25 October...
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Return to the Silk Road Citadel: Exactly a Year Ago, the Ancient Iranian City of Bam Was Hit by an Earthquake So Powerful That It Took Only 12 Seconds to Reduce It to Rubble, Killing 40,000 People. Four Months after the Event, Alexander Henriksen and Matjaz Krivic Went to Bam to Cover the Progress of the Reconstruction Effort

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 77, January 2005

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Bam, Iran--Description and travel, Cities and towns--Remodeling and renovation, Earthquakes--Influence, Earthquakes--Iran

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...City of Bam Was Hit by an Earthquake So Powerful That It Took...Cover the Progress of the Reconstruction Effort. The old man covered...was four months since an earthquake demolished Bam and killed...and at the time of the earthquake there were about 90,000...The great majority of earthquakes occur along faultlines located...
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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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...Praised for Their Response to the Sichuan Earthquake, but the Political Fallout Has Only...quilts and medicines and headed into the earthquake zone. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED "Im helping...to tell my students what I did in the earthquake." Some volunteers were disaster tourists...
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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. by Ian Baldwin...institutions following the devastating earthquake that hit the country on 12 January...and failing to get to grips with the earthquake. I only wonder what value the organisers...
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Rebuilding a Future for Haiti: In the Aftermath of the Devastating Earthquake, a Commitment of Crucial Support Has Emerged from the Community of Institutions That Form the Inter-American System

Magazine article by Larry Luxner; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 62, May-June 2010

Subjects:

Disaster relief--Haiti, Disaster relief--United States, Earthquakes--International aspects, Earthquakes--Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010, International relief--Haiti, International relief--United States, Natural disaster damage, Organization of American States--Services

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...hundreds of millions in reconstruction. Our role instead will...supplies immediately after the earthquake." With regard to recovery...damage sustained by the earthquake." PADFs third priority...Haiti. "As a result of the earthquake, this vulnerable population...Moreno. "In 1999, two earthquakes destroyed over 100,000...

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Newspaper Articles on: earthquakes reconstruction

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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

Subjects:

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

...Marks the Anniversary of the Earthquake That Devastated a Nation...Admits Lack of Long-Term Reconstruction Has Disappointed Haitians...rituals of new resolutions, an earthquake that struck Haiti on January...people affected by both the earthquake and the recent outbreak of...
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London Surgeons Fly out to Prevent Limbs of Earthquake Victims Being Amputated

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 18, 2010

Subjects:

Disaster victims, Disease transmission--Prevention, Earthquakes, Surgeons

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

...out to Prevent Limbs of Earthquake Victims Being Amputated...save the limbs of dozens of earthquake victims. The medics, led...expertise in skin and muscle reconstruction to help save arms and legs...have experience in other earthquake disaster zones, but the...charity helping victims of earthquakes in Pakistan and Java and...
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Singing Cathartic for Earthquake Survivors

Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Sunday (Maroochydore, Australia), June 5, 2011

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Disaster victims, Earthquakes

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

Singing Cathartic for Earthquake Survivors. Byline: Nikkii...devastating Christchurch earthquakes, people found solace in...when the 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck. One hundred and...His own home remains under reconstruction. aMusic is a great release...floods and Christchurch earthquake. aSinging is good for the...
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Earthquake and Tsunami Costs Continue to Mount

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 16, 2011

Subjects:

Earthquakes--Economic aspects, Earthquakes--Japan, Tsunamis--Economic aspects, Tsunamis--Japan

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

...adversely affected by last weeks earthquake and tsunami. Power shortages...now faces a recovery and reconstruction bill of at least $180bn...than the total cost of 1995s earthquake in Kobe, though some extreme...up borrowing costs. "The earthquake may have shifted such a potential...
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Japan Earthquake to Exacerbate Asia's Slowdown

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 24, 2011

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Citigroup Inc.--Forecasts and trends, Earthquakes--Japan, Earthquakes--United States, Financial services industry--Forecasts and trends, Financial services industry--International economic relations, Financial services--Forecasts and trends, Financial services--International economic relations

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Japan Earthquake to Exacerbate Asias Slowdown. Japans devastating earthquake will further slow growth...to power - begun by the earthquake and now exacerbated by...growth will bounce back once reconstruction begins. Economists caution...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: earthquakes reconstruction

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...for land. Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction By the mid-19th cent. the territorial...slavery. The ensuing problems of Reconstruction in the South were complicated by bitter...Samuel J. Tilden , was the end of Reconstruction and the reentry of the South into...
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Oakland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...has an international airport. On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area, resulting in severe damage to Oakland. The earthquakes toll took 62 lives and injured thousands. In 1991, a...devastated the citys northeastern section. Besides the reconstruction following these two disasters, there was considerable...
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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...to expand, though interrupted by the earthquake of 1923, which destroyed much of Tokyo...shaken by two major disasters. The worst earthquake in Japan in more than 70 years struck...also contributed (2004 6) forces to reconstruction efforts. That deployment was opposed...

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