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- Title
- Learning from Earthquakes. 1977 Planning and Field Guides.
- File
- PB268083.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1977, 221 p.
- Abstract
- The aim is to maximize the learning to be gained from investigations following future destructive earthquakes. The Guides are meant for use in the planning and field execution of such investigations. Through their use, both the afflicted communities and the investigators can understand how to participate in the investigation and what information is of greatest value. The Planning Guide is intended for executives and planners, while the Field Guides are for field investigators. The Engineering Field Guide is intended for use by professional engineers, architects, and planners investigating and reporting the earthquake performance of buildings, community lifelines, and soils; it also contains information on how to gather and compile statistical data. The Geoscience Field Guide identifies the principal problems in investigating earthquakes relative to the roles of seismology, geophysics, geology, and geodesy. The appendices comprise important information basic to application of the geosciences in data collection and complete investigation of earthquakes in the field. The Social Science Field Guide provides social scientists engaged in or about to engage in earthquake research with a minimal set of topics of foci that appear to merit attention in a disaster situation.
- Keywords
- Regional planning; Earthquake resistant structures; Field guides; Risk analysis; Investigations; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Soil dynamics; Dynamic structural analysis