A retrospective on the 1906 earthquake's impact on Bay Area and California public policy

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 22, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2006, Pages

  Perkins, Jeanne B ^a   Chakos, Arrietta ^b   Olson, Robert A ^c   Tobin, L Thomas ^d   Turner, Fred ^e  

^a Association of Bay Area Governments   (United States)

^b City Manager's Office City of Berkeley   (United States)

^c Robert Olson Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Tobin and Associates   (United States)

^e California Seismic Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EARTHQUAKE RISK MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646558593     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2181527     Document Type: Article

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