Earthquake disasters in Latin America : a holistic approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Castaños, Heriberta.
Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 65 p.) : col. ill.
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in earth sciences, 2191-5369 SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences.
Subject:	Earthquakes -- Latin America. Seismology -- Research -- Latin America. Earthquake damage -- Latin America. Earthquake damage. Earthquakes. Seismology -- Research. Latin America.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8872482

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Other authors / contributors:	Lomnitz, Cinna.
ISBN:	9789400728103 (electronic bk.) 9400728107 (electronic bk.) 9789400728097
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters. Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context. Understanding disasters is a way of understanding the social system. The idea is to show that every major disaster is unique and different. Statistical methods may be useful for purposes of risk estimation but modern disasters are "systemic" and complex. In the chapter on the 2010 Chile earthquake we discuss the tsunami and why the system of.

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