Download or read book The Great Hanshin Awaji Kobe Earthquakes written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hy go ken Nanbu Earthquake written by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most devastating earthquake to hit Japan since the 1923 Tokyo earthquake occurred at 5:46 A.M. local time on January 17, 1995. As this report went to press, over 5,000 people were reported killed, more than 26,000 people were injured, and over 300,000 people were left homeless. At the time of the earthquake, about 40 American engineers, scientists, and government officials were in Osaka, 30 km east of Kobe, for a joint U.S.-Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction, co-sponsored by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Japan Institute of Social Safety Science (ISSS), and funded by National Science Foundation (NSF). The workshop participants immediately undertook preliminary post earthquake reconnaissance efforts ... This report summarizes preliminary information gathered by the workshop participants in the first week after the earthquake. The damage caused by the magnitude 6.8 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu earthquake (Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster) is so extensive that field investigations and cooperative studies with other organizations will continue for some time--
Download or read book The January 17 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Kobe Earthquake written by Riley M. Chung and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake of magnitude 7.2 in JMA scale (Mw = 6.9), which struck Kobe, Japan and its surrounding area was the most severe earthquake to affect that region this century. The earthquake resulted in more than 6,000 deaths and over 30,000 injuries. Fires following the earthquake incinerated the equivalent of 70 U.S. city blocks. They together destroyed over l50,000 buildings and left about 300,000 people homeless. The economic loss as a result of this earthquake is estimated to reach $2 00 billion. An investigation was conducted under the auspices of the Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects of the U.S.-Japan Program in Natural Resources to observe, document, and summarize important lessons from this earthquake that can be used to mitigate the potentially tragic impact of future earthquakes on modern urbanized communities. An 18- member team was in Japan from February 12 to February 18, 1995 to study seismology, geology, and geotechnical effects; as well as- the performance of buildings, lifelines, and fire safety systems. This document summarizes the information collected during as well as following this investigation. Key findings of the investigation include needs for research and for improvements in practices to achieve earthquake loss reduction in the United States.
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Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Great Hanshin Earthquake of January 17 1995 written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blessings of Disaster written by Michel Bruneau and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we doomed? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. But as a species? As a civilization? Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization’s future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats—be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust—can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters. Maybe most importantly, this entertaining and often counter-intuitive book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as both individuals and as a species. When it comes to rare extreme events, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, volcanic eruptions, technological accidents, terrorist attacks, pandemics, and even existential threats, it is in our nature to set ourselves up for disasters because the gamble may be worth it. But only maybe. The Blessing of Disaster is the very real story of the relationship between humans and disasters – and it’s not a simple one. Bringing together his decades-long career spanning the globe as an earthquake and disaster engineer, detailed catastrophe case studies from extreme events like Japan’s Kobe earthquake and category 5 hurricanes in the American South, along with thoughtful and practical solutions, Bruneau provides a thorough examination of the structural challenges that face today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. How we cope with today’s threats is indicative of what the future holds. Contrary to popular forecasts, it is not all gloom and doom – but some of it definitely is.
Download or read book The Hanshin Awaji Earthquake of January 17 1995 written by M. Shinozuka and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the seismic performance of six lifelines: electric power, gas delivery, hospital, telecomm., transport., and water/wastewater systems in the regions affected by the Hanshin-Awaji (Japan) earthquake. The first section covers the ground motion characteristics of this earthquake. Describes the seismic performance of the various lifeline systems in terms of seismic damage, emergency, response, seismic interruption and restoration. Comparison is made to the performance of those lifeline systems in the U.S., particularly during the Northridge earthquake. Each section ends with suggested lessons for the U.S. Illustrated.
Download or read book Pictures of Disasters in the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake 1995 1 17 written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which struck Northern Awaji Island, Japan, on Jan. 17, 1995, registered an intensity of 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in Kobe & Sumoto, & was felt widely in Japan from Tohoku to Kyushu regions. The first earthquake in Japan to be focused on a highly concentrated urban area, it killed 5,502 & injured 41,527. Also seriously damaged were the transportation network required for emergency & reconstruction activities; the port facilities; & water, communications, & power supply lifelines. This report records the earthquake through color photographs to publicize the reactions of citizens & volunteers, the emergency measures implemented, & the progress of the reconstruction effort. Over 80 color photos.
Download or read book Abstract Journal in Earthquake Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hyogoken Nanbu Kobe Earthquake of January 17 1995 written by Anshel J. Schiff and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B&w photographs depict the devastation wrought by the magnitude 6.9 Kobe earthquake: 6,300 deaths and the largest estimated direct economic losses observed from any earthquake ($200 billion). Ten articles assess the performance of, coping strategies, and recovery of quake-impacted essential faciliti
Download or read book Older People in Natural Disasters written by Junko Ōtani and published by Trans Pacific Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan's Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 destroyed the homes, livelihoods, and communities of many elderly people. Some of the most vulnerable survivors spent up to five years in temporary shelters before settling into publicly subsidized apartments or dispersing into the general population. Public scrutiny of the post-earthquake recovery drew attention to the challenges of community generation and the loneliness, isolation, and death experienced by elderly earthquake victims. Bringing together quantitative and qualitative analysis of media discourse, public policy, and ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines the earthquake's long-term effects of temporary shelters and public reconstruction housing for elderly residents. The first study to utilize NVivo qualitative research software in a Japanese research context, this is an original contribution to natural disaster literature, as well as health and welfare policy in societies that, like Japan, are undergoing rapid urbanization and population aging.
Download or read book Reconstructing Kobe written by David W. Edgington and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hanshin Earthquake was the largest disaster to affect postwar Japan and one of the most destructive postwar natural disasters to strike a developed country. Although the media focused on the disaster's immediate effects, the long-term reconstruction efforts have gone largely unexplored. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, David Edgington records the first ten years of reconstruction and recovery and asks whether planners successfully exploited opportunities to make a more sustainable and disaster-proof city. This book is an intricate investigation of one of the largest redevelopment projects in recent memory.
Download or read book The Great Hanshin Earthquake written by Miha Tomaževič and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V poročilu so opisane posledice potresa Hyogoken-Nanbu, ki je 17. januarja 1995 prizadel območje mesta Kobe na Japonskem. Navedeni so osnovni podatki o potresu in opisane njegove neposredne posledice, opisan je tudi odziv na potres, tj. akcije reševanja in pomoči. Natančneje so prikazane posledice potresa na stavbe in objekte prometne infrastrukture.
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kobe Earthquake written by 全国電気通信労働組合 and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Abstracts for the AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
