An interdisciplinary quick assessment strategy to support decision-making in disaster operations : the Costa Rica earthquake, April 22, 1991.

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TextSeries: Quick response research report ; 71Publication details: Boulder, Colo. : The Center, 1994Description: 42 pDDC classification:

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Subject: Presents findings from a quick response study to Costa Rica following the April 22, 1991 earthquake in Valle de Estrella, on the Caribbean slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca, close to the southeastern border with Panama. The earthquake registered 7.4 on the Richter scale, the most powerful earthquake recorded in this century of Costa Rica's significant seismic history. The overall cost of damage caused to infrastructure, losses in export, commercial wood, commercial soils, housing and social infrastucture were estimated at US $965 million, close to US$1 billion. This sum represents approximately 7% of Costa Rica's Gross National Product, a substantial loss for a nation of 2.6 million people. The research design proposed for this quick response study addressed the problem of efficiency in disaster response operations

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Presents findings from a quick response study to Costa Rica following the April 22, 1991 earthquake in Valle de Estrella, on the Caribbean slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca, close to the southeastern border with Panama. The earthquake registered 7.4 on the Richter scale, the most powerful earthquake recorded in this century of Costa Rica's significant seismic history. The overall cost of damage caused to infrastructure, losses in export, commercial wood, commercial soils, housing and social infrastucture were estimated at US $965 million, close to US$1 billion. This sum represents approximately 7% of Costa Rica's Gross National Product, a substantial loss for a nation of 2.6 million people. The research design proposed for this quick response study addressed the problem of efficiency in disaster response operations

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