Industry preparedness for earthquakes and earthquake-triggered hazmat accidents in the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-303

  Cruz, Ana Maria ^a   Steinberg, Laura J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PLANNING; RETROFITTING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ECONOMIC LOSSES; EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRACTICES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRY PREPAREDNESS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

ACCIDENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SURVEY;

KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 20544431539     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1889442     Document Type: Article

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