TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeats,Robert S.
TI  - Earthquake time bombs
SN  - 9781316048184 (ebook)
AV  - QE538.8 .Y43 2015
U1  - 551.22 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Earthquake prediction
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Seismology
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015)
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316048184
ER  -