Author: Turner, Ralph H.; Nigg, Joanne M. & Paz, Denise Heller
Title: Waiting for Disaster. Earthquake Watch in California
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1986). orig. cloth. 23x15cm, ix, 446 pp. Textual charts & tables. Minor rubbing, slight page-edge soil, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Backround for the Investigation: A Bulge on the San Andreas Fault; Communicating the Threat: Crisis or Business as Usual?: Government, Organizations, & the Media; The People Listen & Talk; But the People Won't Wait; What Have They Learned After All?; From Hearing to Heeding: Are the People Really Concerned? Are They Looking Out for Themselves?; Let the Government Do It; Support & Obstruction from the Grass Roots; Odds & Ends: Understanding & Respect of Science; The Neighborhood Makes a Difference; Stability & Change: Waiting & Looking for Omens; The Test of Time; A New Year's Day Surprise; Patterns of Change; Some Conclusions: Constructing the Social Meaning of Earthquake Threat.

Keywords: Earthquake Prediction, California, Earthquakes, Sociology, Disaster Relief, Planning, Disasters, United States,