Seismic safety and land-use planning : selected examples from California.

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TextSeries: Basis for reduction of earthquake hazards, San Francisco Bay region, California | U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 941-BPublication details: Washington, D.C. : 1979Description: vii, 82 p. : ill., mapsDDC classification:

333.7309794 20

Subject: Earthquakes are inevitable, but their damaging effects can be greatly reduced. Land-use planning and management based on maps showing hazards and seismic zones can be particularly effective in reducing loss of life, as well as injury and property damage from earthquakes. The basic premise of this report is that actions can and should be taken to lessen the impact of earthquakes in seismically active areas. Based on geologic and seismologic data, land uses and design and occupancy of structures can be adjusted to reduce significantly the loss of life, injury, and damage from earthquakes. Failure to make these adjustments will result in needlessly high costs in human suffering and property damage when the as yet unpredictable, but inevitable, earthquakes occur

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Bibliography: p. 80-82

Cover subtitle: Selected examples from the San Francisco Bay region, California

Earthquakes are inevitable, but their damaging effects can be greatly reduced. Land-use planning and management based on maps showing hazards and seismic zones can be particularly effective in reducing loss of life, as well as injury and property damage from earthquakes. The basic premise of this report is that actions can and should be taken to lessen the impact of earthquakes in seismically active areas. Based on geologic and seismologic data, land uses and design and occupancy of structures can be adjusted to reduce significantly the loss of life, injury, and damage from earthquakes. Failure to make these adjustments will result in needlessly high costs in human suffering and property damage when the as yet unpredictable, but inevitable, earthquakes occur

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