Making a difference: Stories of successful seismic safety advocates

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 441-464

  Olshansky, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC SAFETY; SEISMIC SAFETY ADVOCACY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ADVOCACY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; POLICY MAKING; SAFETY; SEISMICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 20544475688     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1902953     Document Type: Review

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