New Publications
After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban
Planet
Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern
earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the
buildup and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal responses to major earthquakes in recent historic times. This book focuses on this theme, using a number of
historic earthquakes as illustration. It concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized
planet, including the near certainty that a single earthquake will
someday claim more than 1 million lives.
After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban Planet.
By Susan Elizabeth Hough and Roger G. Bilham. ISBN 019-517913-7. 2006. 336 pp. $39.95. Available from Oxford
University Press, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513; (919)
677-0977, (800) 451-7556; e-mail: [email protected];
http://www.oup.com/.
100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference Tutorials
http://www.1906eqconf.org/tutorials.htm
The 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference had an
extensive program of tutorials available to conference participants and others. Thirty-two tutorials, organized by the
Northern California Chapter of EERI, covered a wide range
of topics in earthquake engineering, earth sciences, emergency
preparedness and response, hazard mitigation, and other earthquake-related subjects. PowerPoint presentations for many of
the tutorials have now been posted on the Web.
Guidelines for Developing an Earthquake Scenario
http://mitigation.eeri.org/files/Developing.a.Scenario.pdf
An earthquake scenario is a powerful way to stimulate
mitigation planning in a community that is vulnerable to
earthquake damage. Guidelines for Developing an Earthquake
Scenario leads a mitigation advocate through simple steps to
create a comprehensive and credible story about a community’s
most likely seismic hazards and the damage and losses projected
to result from an earthquake.
Guidelines for Protecting Health Facilities from Natural
Disasters
http://bvs.minsa.gob.pe/archivos/minsa/desastres/ (click on
109_guiasdesas.pdf)
The Ministry of Health of Peru, with support from the
Pan American Health Organization and the Civil Defense, has
published the first national guideline in the Americas on natural disasters and hospital safety. The Spanish-only site presents
criteria, elements, and recommendations for the planning, construction, and use of health facilities so they remain operational
during disasters, based on Peru’s experience during the 1991 El
Niño and the 2001 earthquake.
When the Big One Strikes Again
http://www.1906eqconf.org/mediadocs/bigonestrikesreport.pdf
When the Big One Strikes Again: Estimated Losses Due to
a Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, from a study
commissioned by the Seismological Society of America, the
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and the California
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
Managing Risk in Earthquake Country
http://www.1906eqconf.org/mediadocs/managingrisk.pdf
Managing Risk in Earthquake Country: Estimated Losses for
a Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Earthquake
Professionals’ Action Agenda for Northern California, based on a
study commissioned by the Seismological Society of America,
the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and the
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
http://www.rms.com/publications/2006_sf_eq_supercat.pdf
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: Perspectives on
a Modern Super Catastrophe, from Risk Management Solutions,
examines the potential economic and insured losses from a
repeat of the 1906 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area.
People, Land & Water
http://www.usgs.gov/homepage/science_features/plw_1906.asp
This edition of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s People,
Land & Water commemorates the 1906 earthquake, documents
the birth and growth of U.S. earthquake science, and demonstrates how the science helps safeguard communities.
Please send notices of new publications and web sites you would
like to appear in “New Publications” to SRL Editor Luciana
Astiz at [email protected] or UCSD Institute of Geophysics
and Planetary Physics, 9500 Gilman Drive #0225, La Jolla, CA
92093-0225.
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