After the Earth quakes
elastic rebound on an Urban planet
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Author
Contributions
- Bilham, Roger G. - Contributor
Publication
2005 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,250 words, Guess
Page Count
321 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3295654M
- ISBN-100195179137
- OCLC Control Number56386934
- OCLC Control Number67612067
- OCLC Control Numberafterearthquakes0000houg
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- Library of Congress Control Number2004018347
- LibraryThing537437
- Goodreads132763
Classifications
- DDC551.22
- LCCQE539.2.E42 H67 2005
Description
""Elastic rebound" is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science and is the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal response m major earthquakes in recent historic times. After the Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustrations. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim more than a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding."--Jacket.
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