Earthquake hazard reduction policy in the United States : a problem for local governments.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 166Publication details: 1990Description: 7 pSubject: In the United States, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act is the heart of the federal government's program to improve seismic safety - to protect both the built and social environments from the destructive effects of earthquake. Since the Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1977, substantial progress has been made toward expanding the knowledge base from which seismic safety practices can be improved. In the United States, attention to earthquake hazard reduction considerations is extremely varied, even in the highest risk areas. In this paper, two primary explanations are proposed for this variability in seismic safety policy adoption, to explain why some "at risk" communities have enacted seismic hazard reduction policies and others have not
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In the United States, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act is the heart of the federal government's program to improve seismic safety - to protect both the built and social environments from the destructive effects of earthquake. Since the Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1977, substantial progress has been made toward expanding the knowledge base from which seismic safety practices can be improved. In the United States, attention to earthquake hazard reduction considerations is extremely varied, even in the highest risk areas. In this paper, two primary explanations are proposed for this variability in seismic safety policy adoption, to explain why some "at risk" communities have enacted seismic hazard reduction policies and others have not
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