¡Alerta! : engineering on shaky ground

¡Alerta! engineering on shaky ground

"The author builds on insights developed from observations of Mexico's earthquake early warning system, Sistema de Alerta Sísmica Mexicano, to show how particular social and physical conditions animate the design, maintenance, and use of environmental monitoring technologies, and how they...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Reddy, Elizabeth, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Engineering Studies
Materias:
Earthquake prediction > Mexico > History.
Environmental monitoring > Mexico > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762681706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Environment, Society, and Technology
  • 1. Life with Earthquakes
  • 2. Earthquakes and Warnings
  • II. Risk Mitigation Technology
  • 3. A Technology to Mitigate Risk
  • 4. Integrating Infrastructures
  • III. Engineering Risk Mitigation
  • 5. Measuring Earthquakes Like Engineers
  • 6. Fieldwork and New Encounters
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological Appendix
  • Index.

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