¡Alerta! : : engineering on shaky ground /

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

"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...

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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)
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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.

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