Planning for earthquakes : risk, politics, and policy.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992Description: xv, 210 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

0801842557

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363.34950973

Subject: The experiences of 260 earthquake-prone communities across the United States are examined. Topics addressed include: citizen safety, ways of determining and maintaining the structural integrity of old and new buildings, mapping of quake-prone areas, and land-use. Ways in which planners, politicians and community residents can best work together in the decision-making process are studied

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34950973 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006374326

Bibliography: p. 197-206

Includes index

The experiences of 260 earthquake-prone communities across the United States are examined. Topics addressed include: citizen safety, ways of determining and maintaining the structural integrity of old and new buildings, mapping of quake-prone areas, and land-use. Ways in which planners, politicians and community residents can best work together in the decision-making process are studied

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