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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes : Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages)
Contents ""NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES""; ""Copyright""; ""INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""GENERAL GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN ECUADOR""; ""SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS""; ""INTENSITY AND DAMAGE DISTRIBUTION""; ""MASS WASTING AND FLOODING""; ""EFFECTS ON LIFELINES""; ""LOCAL-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL INTERACTION IN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY""; ""1 Introduction""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 General Geology of Northeastern Ecuador""; ""THE SIERRA""; ""THE ORIENTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Tectonics and Seismicity""
""INTRODUCTION""""TECTONIC SETTING""; ""SEISMICITY AND FOCAL MECHANISMS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Intensity and Damage Distribution""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING DAMAGE TO CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES""; ""INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Mass Wasting and Flooding""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LANDSLIDES""; ""Quito-Baeza""; ""Baeza-Salado""; ""Reventador Volcano""; ""Geological Background""; ""General Characteristics of Landslides in the Reventador Zone""; ""Areal Distribution of Landslides and Denudation Intensity""
""Slope Stability�Preliminary Analysis and Interpretation""""Relation Between Denudation Intensity and Epicenter""; ""EVOLUTION OF MASS-WASTING PROCESSES""; ""FLOODING OF RIVER VALLEYS IN THE VICINITY OF REVENTADOR VOLCANO""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Effects on Lifelines""; ""GENERAL OBSERVATIONS""; ""Water Distribution Systems""; ""Electric Power Systems""; ""Pan-American Highway""; ""Natural Gas Supply""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANS-ECUADORIAN AND POLIDUCTO PIPELINES""; ""PIPELINE DAMAGE""; ""SALADO PUMP STATION DAMAGE""; ""Main Gate Valve""; ""Control Building""; ""Generators""
""Pump House""""Communications Equipment""; ""Water Tank""; ""Crude Oil Tank""; ""Personnel Housing""; ""TRANS-ECUADORIAN HIGHWAY FROM BAEZA TO LAGO AGRIO""; ""ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCE""; ""7 Local-level Economic and Social Consequences""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES AND EMERGENCY-RESPONSE ISSUES""; ""THE EMERGENCY PERIOD IN THE ORIENTE""; ""THE EMERGENCY PERIOD IN THE SIERRA""; ""EMERGING LONG-TERM IMPACTS""; ""RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND IMPACTS IN THE ORIENTE""; ""RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND IMPACTS IN THE SIERRA""; ""SUMMARY""
Bibliography ""REFERENCES""""8 Organizational Interaction in Response and Recovery""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ASSUMPTIONS""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER""; ""Domains of Organizational Action""; ""Geographic Location""; ""Zone 1: Western Napo Province""; ""Zone 2: Sierra""; ""Zone 3: Eastern Napo Province""; ""Administrative Jurisdictions""; ""Decision Perspectives""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS IN DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS""; ""Disaster Operations Network 1: Western Napo Province""
Notes ""Disaster Operations Network 2: The Sierra�Pichincha, Imbabura, and Carchi Provinces""
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Subject Earthquakes -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province)
Earthquakes -- Social aspects -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province)
Earthquakes -- Economic aspects -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province)
Mass-wasting -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province)
Earthquakes
Earthquakes -- Economic aspects
Earthquakes -- Social aspects
Mass-wasting
Ecuador -- Napo (Province)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309595131
0309595134