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B o o k s
Arnold, Christopher, and Reitherman, Robert. (1982).
Building Configuration and Seismic Design.
New
York: John Wiley and Sons.
Federal Construction Council Consulting Committee
on Civil and Structural Engineering. (1992).
Base
Isolation for Seismic Safety: Summary of a
Symposium.
Washington, DC: National Academy
Press. Summaries of nine papers describing the theory
and practice of base isolation.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. (October
1990).
Non-Technical Explanations of the NEHRP
Recommended Provisions.
FEMA 99. Washington,
DC: Building Seismic Safety Council. Explains the
necessity of a building code and how earthquakes
affect buildings.
Lagorio, Henry J. (1990)
Earthquakes—An Architect’s
Guide to Nonstructural Seismic Hazards.
New York:
John Wiley and Sons.
Moore, Gwendolyn B., and Yin, Robert K. (1984).
Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards
Research: Synthetic Accelerograms.
Washington DC:
Cosmos Corporation (202-728-3939). Discusses the
use of computer-derived earthquake simulations to
predict how buildings will respond to earthquake
shaking.
Plafker, G., and Galloway, J.P., eds. (1990).
Lessons
Learned from the Loma Prieta, California,
Earthquake of October 17, 1989.
U.S. Geological
Survey Circular 1045. Washington, DC: U.S.
Geological Survey.
Salvadori, M. (1990).
The Art of Construction.
Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press. Simple and
readable, expressly written for young readers.
P e r i o d i c a l A r t i c l e s
Bedway, B. (Feb. 23, 1990). “Building for a
Landscape on the Loose.”
Science World
, pp. 9+. For
ages 12–15.
Boraiko, AA. (1986). “Earthquake in Mexico.”
National Geographic
169: 655–675.
Brady, Gerry. “Desk Top Model Structure for
Dynamic Earthquake Demonstrations.” U.S.
Geological Survey. Applies simple models to predict
natural frequency. Plans provided for constructing
models of strong column/weak beam and weak
column/strong beam buildings, plus descriptions of
buildings’ reactions to earthquakes and explanations
for the results.
Robison, Rita. (November 1989). “Isolated Examples.”
Civil Engineering:
64–67. Describes base isolation in
practice.
Rosenstock, L. (March 17, 1989.) “Can Buildings Be
Made to Survive Earthquakes?”
Current Science
, pp.
6–7. For ages 10–16.
Taries, Alex. (April 1993). “First U.S. Application of
Seismic Base Isolation.”
Phenomenal News: Natural
Phenomena Hazards Newsletter:
1-4.
N o n - P r i n t M e d i a
The Great Quake of ‘89
. Videodisc and Macintosh
software. Includes segments taken from ABC news
coverage showing actual damage to the Bay Bridge,
Highway 880, the San Francisco Marina, and the
downtown. The Voyager Company, Santa Monica,
CA; 310-451-1383.
Note:
Inclusion of materials in these resource listings does
not constitute an endorsement by AGU or FEMA.
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