Earthquakes and vulcanism - Applied Geography: Principles and Practice - page 77

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Alexander, D.E. (1989) Spatial aspects of earthquake
epidemiology. Proceedings of the International Workshop on
Earthquake Injury Epidemiology for Mitigation and Response,
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 82-94.
Alexander, D.E. (1990) Behaviour during earthquakes: a
southern Italian example. International Journal of Mass
Emergencies and Disasters 8(1), 5-29.
Alexander, D.E. (1993) Natural Disasters. London: UCL
Press, and NewYork: Chapman & Hall.
Alexander, D.E. (1995) A survey of the field of natural
hazards and disaster studies. In A.Carrara and F. Guzzetti
(eds) Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural
Hazards, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1-19.
Ambraseys, N.N. (1992) Long-term seismic hazard in the
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and S.Scott (eds) Geohazards: Natural and Man-Made,
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Bakun, W.H . et al ., (1988) The Parkfield earthquake
prediction experiment in central California. Earthquakes
and Volcanoes 20(2), 41-91.
Barberi, F., Carapezza, M.L., Valenza, M. and Villari, L.
(1992) The control of lava flow during the 1991- 1992
eruption of Mount Etna. Journal of Volcanology and
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Beatley, T. and Berke, P. (1990) Seismic safety through
public incentives: the Palo Alto seismic identification
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Berke, P.R. and Beatley, T. (1992) Planning for Earthquakes:
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Berke, P., Beatley, T. and Wilhite, S. (1989) Influences on
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Bernard, E.N. (1991) Assessment of ProjectTHRUST: past,
present, future. Natural Hazards 4(2-3), 285-92.
Bernard, A. and Rose Jr, W.I. (1990) The injection of
sulphuric acid aerosols into the stratosphere by the El
Chichón volcano and its related hazards to the
international air traffic. Natural Hazards 3(1), 59-68.
Bolin, R. (ed.) (1990) The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Studies of
Short-Term Impacts. Monograph no. 50, Boulder,
Colorado: Program on Environment and Behavior,
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Bolt, B.A. (1991) International earthquake hazard
reduction program for IDNDR underway. Stop
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Borchardt, G. (1991) Preparation and use of earthquake
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Brambati, A., Faccioli, E., Carulli, G.B., Cucchi, F., Onofri,
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Alexander, D.E. (1993) Natural Disasters. London:
UCL Press, and New York: Chapman & Hall.
Chapter 2 describes the nature of volcanic and
seismic hazards, and the socio-economic reactions
to them, while Chapters 5-9 include information
on impacts, and their management and mitigation.
Blong, R.J. (1984) Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook
on the Effects of Eruptions. Orlando, Florida:
Academic Press. An all-embracing topic on the
impact of eruptions and what can be done to
mitigate them.
Bolton, P.A . et a l. (eds) (1994-8) The Loma Prieta,
California, earthquake of October 17, 1989. US
Geological Survey Professional Papers 1550-3. A
comprehensive modern analysis of a major
earthquake disaster, which extends from the
seismic to the social, economic and medical aspects
of the catastrophe.
Chester, D.K. (1993) Volcanoes and Society. London:
Edward Arnold. A geographer's eclectic approach
to volcanoes, which covers a range of themes that
stretches from geophysics to hazard management
and economic aspects.
Palm, R. (1995) The Roepke lecture in economic
geography: catastrophic earthquake insurance:
patterns of adoption. Economic Geography 71, 119-
131. A summary of a series of geographical field
analyses conducted in the western USA in order
to study the diffusion process for one non-
structural seismic risk mitigation technique.
Tilling, R.I. (1989) Volcanic hazards and their
mitigation: progress and problems. Reviews of
Geophysics 27(2), 237-69. A review of types of
volcanic hazard and techniques of monitoring
them and forecasting eruptions.

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