¡Alerta! : : engineering on shaky ground / / Elizabeth Reddy.

• VerfasserIn: Reddy, Elizabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Engineering Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 pages)

"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 shape where, when, and for whom these technologies manage risk"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

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.