Earthquake time bombs
著者
書誌事項
Earthquake time bombs
Cambridge University Press, 2015
- : hardback
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-337) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake struck the city, leaving over 100,000 dead and triggering a humanitarian crisis. In this timely study, Yeats sheds new light on other earthquake hotspots around the world and the communities at risk. He examines these seismic threats in the context of recent cultural history, including economic development, national politics and international conflicts. Descriptions of emerging seismic resilience plans from some cities provide a more hopeful picture. Essential reading for policy-makers, infrastructure and emergency planners, scientists, students and anyone living in the shadow of an earthquake, this book raises the alarm so that we can protect our vulnerable cities before it's too late.
目次
- Part I. Earthquakes, Deep Time and the Population Explosion: 1. Plate tectonics and why we have earthquakes
- 2. An earthquake primer
- 3. Deep time
- 4. When's the next big one?
- 5. Population explosion and increased earthquake risk to megacities
- Part II. Earthquake Time Bombs: 6. San Francisco Bay Area
- 7. Los Angeles metro area
- 8. Seattle, Portland and Vancouver
- 9. Wellington, New Zealand
- 10. Santiago, Chile
- 11. Prologue in Central China
- 12. Age of Enlightenment and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake
- 13. Jerusalem
- 14. Istanbul
- 15. Tehran
- 16. Kabul
- 17. Earthquakes in the Himalaya
- 18. Myanmar and the Sagaing Fault
- 19. Metro Manila, the Philippines
- 20. Lima, Peru
- 21. Andean earthquakes in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador
- 22. Caracas
- 23. Haiti (which lost its gamble), and Jamaica and Cuba (not yet)
- 24. Mexico City
- 25. Central America and the earthquake that brought down a dictator
- 26. East African Rift Valley
- Part III. Summary and Recommendations: 27. Where do we go from here?
- References
- Index.
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