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100	1		_aCastaños, Heriberta. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEarthquake Disasters in Latin America _h[electronic resource] : _bA Holistic Approach / _cby Heriberta Castaños, Cinna Lomnitz.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2012.
300			_aVIII, 65p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, _x2191-5369
505	0		_a1. Darwin and plate tectonics -- 2. The great 1960 Chile earthquake -- 3. The 1967 Caracas earthquake.-  4. The 1970 Peru earthquake -- 5. The 1985 Mexico earthquake -- 6. The 2010 Haiti earthquake -- 7. The 2010 Chile earthquake -- 8. A list of significant earthquakes in Latin America -- 9. Conclusions and recommendations.
520			_aThis book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters.   Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context.  Understanding disasters is a way of understanding the social system.  The idea is to show that every major disaster is unique and different.  Statistical methods may be useful for purposes of risk estimation but modern disasters are "systemic" and complex.  In the chapter on the 2010 Chile earthquake we discuss the tsunami and why the system of tsunami alert did not work.  The introductory chapter contains some basics of seismology (plate tectonics) and earthquake engineering.  The 1985 Mexico earthquake describes why geology is important.   Why was Mexico City founded in a lake?  Technology must be adapted to the environment, not "imported" from possibly more advanced but different societies.  The 1970 Peru earthquake is an example of disaster in a unique environment.  Caracas 1967 takes us on a survey of different engineering solutions.  And the 1960 Chile earthquake leads us on a retrospective survey--what has changed in Chile between the two major Chile earthquakes?  A discussion on Charles Darwin’s observations of the 1835 Chile earthquake provides a fitting summary.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aPhysical geography.
650		0	_aGeology.
650		0	_aSocial sciences.
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aNatural Hazards.
650	2	4	_aGeophysics/Geodesy.
650	2	4	_aSocial Sciences, general.
700	1		_aLomnitz, Cinna. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400728097
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, _x2191-5369
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2810-3
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