Earthquakes

Citation

(2001), "Earthquakes", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 10 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2001.07310aag.005

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

California Seismic Safety Commissionhttp://www.seismic.ca.gov

The California Seismic Safety Commission has put three new publications online at the address above, free for patient downloaders of Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files:

1. 1.

   SSC 00-02 – Status of California's un-reinforced masonry building law in Year 2000.

2. 2.

   SSC 00-03 – A report to the governor and the legislature on lessons learned from recent earthquakes in Turkey, Greece, and Taiwan.

3. 3.

   SSC 99-04/OS/06 – Earthquake risk management tools for decision makers: a guide, toolkit, and mitigation success stories.

"Earth Scientists Can Help People Who Fear Earthquakes"http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/staff/maurice/psychosocial.html

Although not usually trained to manage or treat emotional stress, on occasion earth scientists must deal with people's fear of the real or perceived danger posed by earthquakes and other geological hazards as expressed in letters, phone calls, or during media interviews. For scientists faced with such situations, two Canadian geologists have prepared a short paper that outlines some basic intervention tools that can be used when addressing people with anxieties about earthquakes. The paper, "Earth scientists can help people who fear earthquakes", by Maurice Lamontagne and Sylvia La Rochelle, first appeared in Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 71 No. 4, pp. 461-3. However the text is now available on the Web at the address above. Additionally, a reprint can be obtained from Maurice Lamontagne, Geological Survey of Canada, 7 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA 0Y3. Tel: (613) 995-06; Fax: (613) 992-8836; E-mail: Maurice@seismo.nrcan.gc.ca