Exploring the causal relationship between exposure to the 1994 Northridge earthquake and pre- and post- earthquake preparedness activities

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-587

  Nguyen, Loc H ^a   Shen, Haikang ^b   Ershoff, Daniel ^b   Afifi, Abdelmonem A ^b   Bourque, Linda B ^b  

^a Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC MODELS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INJURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVEY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTHRIDGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749006871     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2219108     Document Type: Article

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