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020			_a9781316048184 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aQE538.8 _b.Y43 2015
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100	1		_aYeats, Robert S., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEarthquake time bombs / _cRobert Yeats, Oregon State University.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 346 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015).
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aEarthquake prediction.
650		0	_aEarthquakes.
650		0	_aSeismology.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107085244
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316048184
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