After the Earth quakes
Subtitle: elastic rebound on an Urban planet
By: by Susan Elizabeth Hough and Roger G. Bilham.
Contributors: Bilham, Roger G.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Elastic rebound theory; Earthquakes
Description: ""Elastic rebound" is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science and is the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal response m major earthquakes in recent historic times. After the Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustrations. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim more than a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.