Richard Stewart Olson, Robert A. Olson, Vincent T. Gawronski
Description
This book places Oakland's public policy response (nine major ordinances) to building damage suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in a full his
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torical and intergovernmental context. Using a combined non-decision making and advocacy coalition approach, the book demonstrates how and why hazardous-structure abatement was kept off the local political agenda prior to the Loma Prieta disaster. The book then demonstrates how and why city government in Oakland became proactive on the problem of earthquake-damaged and, more importantly, earthquake-vulnerable buildings in general after the disaster.
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Genres
Politics & Social Issues
Tags
Social Science
Technology & Engineering
Civil
Disasters & Disaster Relief
Soil & Rock
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Month-Year
Mar, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780762305285
ISBN-10: 0762305282
Language
English
No. of Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
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