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03820aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 F9A4C638EFE011E08369D5DE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111006010153 008 110412s2011 dcua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780309186773 020 $a 0309186773 035 $a (OCoLC)712547208 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d SILO $d OCLCQ $d NTD $d BWX $d SILO 110 2 $a National Research Council (U.S.). $b Committee on National Earthquake Resilience-Research, Implementation, and Outreach. 245 1 $a National earthquake resilience : $b research, implementation, and outreach / $c Committee on National Earthquake Resilience-Research, Implementation, and Outreach, Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. 260 $a Washington, D.C. : $b National Academies Press, $c c2011. 300 $a xiv, 263 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202). 520 $a "The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is not a reliable indicator of preparedness for a major earthquake in a populated area. The recent, disastrous, magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northern Japan demonstrates the threat that earthquakes pose. Moreover, the cascading nature of impacts-the earthquake causing a tsunami, cutting electrical power supplies, and stopping the pumps needed to cool nuclear reactors-demonstrates the potential complexity of an earthquake disaster. Such compound disasters can strike any earthquake-prone populated area. National Earthquake Resilience presents a roadmap for increasing our national resilience to earthquakes. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is the multi-agency program mandated by Congress to undertake activities to reduce the effects of future earthquakes in the United States. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-the lead NEHRP agency-commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to develop a roadmap for earthquake hazard and risk reduction in the United States that would be based on the goals and objectives for achieving national earthquake resilience described in the 2008 NEHRP Strategic Plan. National Earthquake Resilience does this by assessing the activities and costs that would be required for the nation to achieve earthquake resilience in 20 years. National Earthquake Resilience interprets resilience broadly to incorporate engineering/science (physical), social/economic (behavioral), and institutional (governing) dimensions. Resilience encompasses both pre-disaster preparedness activities and post-disaster response. In combination, these will enhance the robustness of communities in all earthquake-vulnerable regions of our nation so that they can function adequately following damaging earthquakes. While National Earthquake Resilience is written primarily for the NEHRP, it also speaks to a broader audience of policy makers, earth scientists, and emergency managers."--Publisher's description. 530 $a Also avilable online. 610 20 $a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.) 650 0 $a Earthquakes. 650 0 $a Seismology. 650 0 $a Earthquake damage. 650 0 $a Tsunami damage. 710 2 $a National Research Council (U.S.). $b Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics. 710 2 $a National Research Council (U.S.). $b Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. 856 41 $u http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13092 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825091756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9A4C638EFE011E08369D5DE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search