Economic consequences of earthquakes : ; edited by Barclay G. Jones. preparing for the unexpected /

On cover title: "Perspectives on mitigating the impact of earthquakes on the economy"

Includes bibliographical references

New strategies for dealing with the earthquake hazard / Howard Kunreuther -- What happened in Kobe and what if it happened here? / Charles Scawthorn, Ben Lashkari, and Amjad Naseer -- Some problems in the assessment of earthquake hazard in the Easten United States / S. Theodore Algermissen -- Scenario earthquakes for urban areas along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States / Klaus H. Jacob -- A tale of two cities / Richard T. Moore -- Mitigating risks to lifeline systems through natural hazard reduction and design / Ronald T. Eguchi -- Seismic performance of ports: lessons from Kobe / Stuart D. Werner, Stephen E. Dickenson, Craig E. Taylor -- Prioritising New York City bridges according to earthquake hazard criteria / Bojidar Yanev, Duong Tran -- Built value and earthquake risk / Guy J. P. Nordenson -- Adopting a seismic code to protect the buildings of New York City / Joel A. Miele -- The natural disaster boom theory; or window breaking our way to prosperity / Raymond F. DeVoe -- Impacts of recent disasters on businesses: the 1993 midwest floods and the 1994 Northridge earthquake / Kathleen J. Tierney -- Forecasting the economic impact of a midwest earthquake / Harold C. Cochrane -- Impact of catastrophic losses on the insurance industry / Eugene L. Leconte -- Preparing for the unexpected / Clement S. Dwyer -- Recommendations for future action / Barclay C. Jones and Stephanie Chang