Author: Elena PoniatowskaPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439905010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This powerful account chronicles the human drama of the devastating earthquake that rocked Mexico City.
The Mexico Earthquakes, 1985
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers. Mexico SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, September 19, 1985
Author: The 1985 Mexico Earthquake
Author: Emilio RosenbluethPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Disaster and Society
Author: José da CruzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Living Under the Threat of Earthquakes
Author: Jörn H. KruhlPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319680447
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book addresses earthquakes, with a special focus on the Ghorka earthquake, which struck parts of central Nepal in April 2015. Drawing on this disastrous event, it closely examines various aspects of earthquakes in contributions prepared by international experts. The topics covered include: the geological and geophysical background of seismicity; a detailed inventory of the damage done by the earthquake; effective damage prevention through earthquake-safe buildings and settlements; restoration options for world-heritage buildings; strategies for providing technical and medical relief and, lastly, questions associated with public life and economy in a high-risk seismic zone. Combining perspectives from various fields, the book presents the state of the art in all earthquake-related fields and outlines future approaches to risk identification, damage prevention, and disaster management in all parts of society, administration, and politics in Nepal. Beyond the specific disaster in Nepal, the findings presented here will have broader implications for how societies can best deal with disasters.
Lessons Learned from the 1985 Mexico Earthquake
Author: Earthquake Engineering Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Mexico earthquake of September 19, 1985 : a preliminary report
Author: Shigeru SuzukiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The September 1985 Mexico Earthquakes
Author: The Mexican Earthquake of 19 September 1985
Author: Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Horizontal Vertigo
Author: Juan VilloroPublisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524748889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
At once intimate and wide-ranging, and as enthralling, surprising, and vivid as the place itself, this is a uniquely eye-opening tour of one of the great metropolises of the world, and its largest Spanish-speaking city. Horizontal Vertigo: The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flaneur, Juan Villoro wanders through Mexico City seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things while brilliantly drawing connections among them. In so doing he reveals, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of the city ’s cultural, political, and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to Mexico City today—one of the world’s leading cultural and financial centers. In this deeply iconoclastic book, Villoro organizes his text around a recurring series of topics: “Living in the City,” “City Characters,” “Shocks,” “Crossings,” and “Ceremonies.” What he achieves, miraculously, is a stunning, intriguingly coherent meditation on Mexico City’s genius loci, its spirit of place.