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Colleen Fitzpatrick & Dennis Mileti
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This book portrays the history, causes and future of large earthquakes in the US and traces the evolution of government policy to deal with it. It reviews the range of human actions that can be taken to manage or lessen quake losses and presents a review of the current technology to predict quakes.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 149 ● ISBN 9781000301977 ● Maison d’édition Taylor and Francis ● Publié 2019 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7241453 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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