Waiting for the Big One: Risk, Science, Experience, and Culture in Disaster Preparedness

Waiting for the Big One: Risk, Science, Experience, and Culture in Disaster Preparedness This book helps understand how the future Big One (a large-scale and often-predicted earthquake) is understood, defined, and mitigated by experts, scientists, and residents in the San Francisco Bay Area. Autor: Charlotte Mazel-Cabasse Wydawnictwo: Springer Rok wydania: 2019 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 279 Wymiary: 14.8 x 21 x 2.4 cm Ilustracje: 2 Tables, color; 2 Illustrations, color; 11 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 279 p. 13 illus., 2 illus. in color.; 2 Tables, color; 2 Illustrations, color; 1 Język: angielski ISBN: 9783030152888