Waiting for Disaster : Earthquake Watch in California / Ralph H. Turner, Joanne M. Nigg, and Denise Heller Paz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Ralph H., author.

Nigg, Joanne M., author.

Paz, Denise Heller, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--Social aspects--California.

Earthquakes.

Emergency management--California.

Emergency management.

Earthquake prediction--Social aspects--California.

Earthquake prediction.

Disasters--Research.

Disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

PART ONE. Background for the Investigation

CHAPTER ONE. A Bulge on the San Andreas Fault

PART TWO. Communicating the Threat

CHAPTER TWO. Crisis or Business as Usual? Government, Organizations, and the Media

CHAPTER THREE. The People Listen and Talk

CHAPTER FOUR. But the People Won't Wait

CHAPTER FIVE. What Have They Learned After All?

PART THREE. From Hearing to Heeding

CHAPTER SIX. Are the People Really Concerned?

CHAPTER SEVEN. Are They Looking Out for Themselves?

CHAPTER EIGHT. Let Government Do It

CHAPTER NINE. Support and Obstruction from the Grass Roots

PART FOUR. Odds and Ends

CHAPTER TEN. Understanding and Respect for Science

CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Neighborhood Makes a Difference

PART FIVE. Stability and Change

CHAPTER TWELVE. Waiting and Looking for Omens

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Test of Time

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A New Year's Day Surprise

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Patterns of Change

PART SIX. Some Conclusions

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Constructing the Social Meanings of Earthquake Threat

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520329850

0520329856

OCLC:

1224279130