Earthquake time bombs
Yeats, Robert S.2015
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In an 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 study, he sheds 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 are also included, providing a more hopeful picture.
Main title:
Earthquake time bombs / Robert Yeats.
Author:
Yeats, Robert S., author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Collation:
340 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781107085244 (hbk)
Dewey class:
551.22
LC class:
QE538.8
Local class:
551.22
Language:
English
BRN:
1388866