The March 5, 1987, Ecuador earthquakes : mass wasting and socieconomic effects.
Material type: TextSeries: Natural disaster studies ; v. 5Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991Description: xii, 163 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 0309044448pbk
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Written for the Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council
After the March 5, 1987, earthquakes in Ecuador, the National Research Council, in cooperation with several other institutions, organized a postdisaster reconnaissance team to visit the disaster sites. The team was multidisciplinary, reflecting expertise in seismology, geology, geotechnical engineering, life-line engineering, sociology, and the political sciences, in order to study the physical, social, and economic impacts on the nation resulting from the earthquakes. The chapters presented in this report are the contributions of the official members of the National Research Council team and their Ecuadorian colleagues. Chapters are: general geology of northeastern Ecuador; tectonics and seismicity; intensity and damage distribution; mass wasting and flooding; effects on lifelines; local-level economic and social consequences; and organizational interaction in response and recovery.
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