Scenario for a Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Hayward Fault
Scenario for a Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Hayward Fault

Author: Francis M. Christie

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780788146039

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Presents a compelling portrayal of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward fault in the San Francisco Bay Area. All aspects of such an earthquake are covered, from the social & economic setting of the San Francisco Bay Area, through the geologic, seismologic, & earthquake engineering issues raised by such a severe earthquake in a heavily urbanized region. Also covers the emergency response & recovery aspects that would challenge the capabilities of Bay Area neighborhoods, organizations, & governments. Photos, maps & tables.

Disasters and Democracy
Disasters and Democracy

Author: Rutherford H. Platt

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1610912632

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In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of “major disasters” has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remove incentives for individuals and local communities to take measures to protect themselves? Are people more likely to invest in property in hazardous locations in the belief that, if worse comes to worst, the federal government will bail them out? Disasters and Democracy addresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing specifically on the changing role of the federal government from distant observer to immediate responder and principal financier of disaster costs.

Directory of Northridge Earthquake Research
Directory of Northridge Earthquake Research

Author: Brian Cowan

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-07

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0788187406

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This invitation conference, held Dec. 2 and 3, 1994, included earth scientists, engineers, social scientists, agency program managers, and practitioners and others who implement earthquake research. Chapters include: NSF-funded Northridge Earthquake researchers; summary of USGS Northridge supplementary funding; NIST Northridge research; FEMA Northridge research; organizational research programs: Calif. Div. of Mines and Geology, Calif. Seismic Safety Comm., EERI, NCEER, NHRAIC, Rand Critical Technologies Inst., and SAC Joint Venture; Info. Services: EERC-NISEE, NCEER Info. Services, and OES DFO; and individuals' research projects.

Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis
Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis

Author: Ahmet C. Yalçiner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 9401002053

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Tsunamis are water waves triggered by impulsive geologic events such as sea floor deformation, landslides, slumps, subsidence, volcanic eruptions and bolide impacts. Tsunamis can inflict significant damage and casualties both nearfield and after evolving over long propagation distances and impacting distant coastlines. Tsunamis can also effect geomorphologic changes along the coast. Understanding tsunami generation and evolution is of paramount importance for protecting coastal population at risk, coastal structures and the natural environment. Accurately and reliably predicting the initial waveform and the associated coastal effects of tsunamis remains one of the most vexing problems in geophysics, and -with few exceptions- has resisted routine numerical computation or data collection solutions. While ten years ago, it was believed that the generation problem was adequately understood for useful predictions, it is now clear that it is not, especially nearfield. By contrast, the runup problem earlier believed intractable is now well understood for all but the most extreme breaking wave events.