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020			_a9781107085244 (hbk.)
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050	0	0	_aQE538.8 _b.Y43 2015
082	0	0	_a551.22 YEA _223 _b008154
100	1		_aYeats, Robert S.
245	1	0	_aEarthquake time bombs / _cRobert Yeats, Oregon State University.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axv, 346 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
505			_aMachine generated contents note: pt. 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 pt. II EARTHQUAKE TIME BOMBS Time Bombs Where The Problem Is Understood, But The Response Is Still Inadequate 6.San Francisco Bay Area 7.Los Angeles 8.Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver: Cascadia subduction zone 9.Japan: Tokyo and the Kansai 10.Wellington, New Zealand 11.Santiago, Chile 12.Prologue in central China Other Time Bombs, Including Cities That Are Not Well Prepared 13.Age of Enlightenment and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake 14.Jerusalem: earthquakes in the Holy Land 15.Istanbul: responding to an official earthquake warning 16.Tehran: the next earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Iran? 17.Kabul: decades of war and Babur's warning Contents note continued: 18.Earthquakes in the Himalaya 19.Myanmar and the Sagaing fault 20.Metro Manila, the Philippines 21.Lima, Peru: Inca earthquake-resistant construction and a bogus American earthquake prediction 22.Andean earthquakes in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador 23.Caracas: lots of oil, but little interest in earthquakes 24.Haiti, which lost its gamble, and Jamaica and Cuba (not yet) 25.Mexico City: bowl of jello inherited from the Aztecs 26.Central America and the earthquake that brought down a dictator 27.East African Rift Valley: a tale of two cities pt. III SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28.Where do we go from here?.
520			_a"This book highlights the appalling reality of the threat to the world's growing population that is exposed to earthquakes, especially those concentrated in vulnerable megacities. The recent calamities of the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal are simply foretastes of what is to come, unless decisive action is taken. It is written by someone perhaps uniquely qualified to do so: an earthquake scientist whose long and personal engagement with many of the cities he writes about is accompanied by an extremely well informed, up-to-date and widely respected grasp of his subject. It is written in an easy semi-populist, non-technical style that will make it accessible to non-specialists, but with the completely convincing authority and balance that accompanies an author who is utterly confident and secure in his knowledge. It is an impressive achievement to distil decades of global scientific effort into a compelling narrative and call to action"--Book cover.
650		0	_aEarthquake prediction.
650		0	_aEarthquakes.
650		0	_aSeismology.
856	4	2	_3Table of contents _uhttp://openisbn.com/isbn/1107085241/
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