Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Central U S 6 Reports Combined written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six reports prepared for the U.S. Geological Survey by the Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The six reports are combined in this one report are entitled: Local Earthquake Hazard Reduction Plans; Education of Architects and Engineers; Seismic Hazard Mapping; State Seismic Safety Advisory Committees; Historic Resources; and Nonstructural Hazards.

Download or read book Reducing earthquake losses written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthquakes have caused massive death and destruction, and potentially damaging earthquakes are certain to occur in the future. Although earthquakes are uncontrollable, the losses they cause can be reduced by building structures that resist earthquake damage, matching land use to risk, developing emergency response plans, and other means. Since 1977, the federal government has had a research oriented program to reduce earthquake losses the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This program has made significant contributions toward improving our understanding of earthquakes and strategies to reduce their impact. Implementing action based on this understanding, however, has been quite difficult. This chapter provides an introduction to earthquakes: a sum mary of the earthquake hazard across the United States, a review of the types of losses earthquakes cause, a discussion of why earthquakes are a congressional concern, and an introduction to mitigation actions taken prior to earthquakes that can reduce losses when they occur. The federal policy response to date, NEHRP is then described and reviewed. Finally, specific policy options for improving federal efforts to reduce future earthquake losses are presented.

Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Central Us Critical Facilities written by Paul Hanley and published by . This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: what is a critical structure? facilities that support emergency services; hazardous facilities; vulnerable populations; how do existing building codes treat critical structures? do existing building codes adequately address all critical facilities? how states in the Central U.S. are reducing earthquake hazards to their critical facilities; what states can do to reduce earthquake risks to critical structures (adopt & enforce building codes; ensure safety of state-owned structures; prepare contingency plans; evaluate & repair existing critical facilities; reduce nonstructural hazards; & increase design & construction requirements for critical facilities).

Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Losses written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Central U S written by Robert B. Olshansky and published by . This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: what are Seismic Building Codes (BC)? -- history of BC, modern & model BC; who uses BC -- state & local adoption of BC, BC enforcement & admin.; do BC increase building costs? how do BC consider earthquake forces? -- history of seismic standards, principles of seismic design, & seismic zone maps; seismic code provisions' performance; cost of seismic design provisions; current seismic design practices in the Central U.S. -- seismic design practices by the fed. gov't.; BC in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, & Tennessee; how states & local gov'ts. can regulate construction & adopt a seismic code; & enforcement.

Download or read book Earthquake Hazards Reduction written by United States. Working Group on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biennial Report to Congress written by National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Adequacy of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act in Mitigating the Effects of Future U S Earthquakes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Earthquakes Risk Detection Warning and Research written by Peter Folger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), a program under which the federal government supports efforts to assess and monitor earthquake hazards and risk in the United States. This report also discusses earthquake hazards and risk in the United States; federal programs that support earthquake monitoring; the U.S. capability to detect earthquakes and issue notifications and warnings; and federally supported research to improve the fundamental scientific understanding of earthquakes with a goal of reducing U.S. vulnerability.

Download or read book Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest written by Timothy J. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act Authorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Central Us written by Robert B. Olshansky and published by . This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: why are existing buildings a seismic safety problem? seismic rehabilitation: developing a plan for your community; identifying hazardous buildings in your community; determining building rehabilitation priorities in your community; hazardous structural types; occupancy & use; public buildings; historic buildings; direct & indirect costs of seismic rehabilitation; types of seismic rehabilitation programs: voluntary, inventory/notification, informal/encouragement, & mandatory; private sector incentives; community incentives; state incentives, & much more. Organizations list. Glossary.

Download or read book The Earthquake Threat in the Central United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: