California earthquakes : science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /
Geschwind, Carl-Henry,1965-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
c2001.
"In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat." "Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and environmental awareness, California Earthquakes examines how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-316) and index.
Reactions to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 -- Setting up a scientific infrastructure : seismology California style, 1910-1925 -- Bailey Willis and the promotion of earthquake safety in the mid-1920s -- Engineering a regulatory state apparatus : seismic safety in the 1930s -- Earthquake experts and the Cold War state -- New initiatives for earthquake preparedness, 1964-1971 -- Seismic politics: responses to the San Fernando earthquake -- Pushing prediction: the establishment of the national earthquake hazards reduction -- Program -- The regulatory state apparatus in action.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat." "Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and environmental awareness, California Earthquakes examines how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it."--Jacket.
Earthquake hazard analysis
Earthquakes
Hazard mitigation
Earthquake hazard analysis.
Earthquakes
Hazard mitigation.