Earthquake Disasters in Latin America A Holistic Approach /

• Main Authors: Castaños, Heriberta (Author), Lomnitz, Cinna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Social Sciences, general.

This book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters.   Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context.  Understanding disasters is a way of under...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Darwin and plate tectonics
• 2. The great 1960 Chile earthquake
• 3. The 1967 Caracas earthquake.-  4. The 1970 Peru earthquake
• 5. The 1985 Mexico earthquake
• 6. The 2010 Haiti earthquake
• 7. The 2010 Chile earthquake
• 8. A list of significant earthquakes in Latin America
• 9. Conclusions and recommendations.