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Dinner at Mary's Place
Cookbook focused on farm-fresh California ingredients based on traditional Italian family recipes.
Disaster Hits Home
Using case studies of six recent urban disasters, including hurricanes and earthquakes, an expert on postdisaster reconstruction discusses the basic ingredients that mark contemporary disasters, showing how the usual response is insufficient and offering worthwhile solutions. UP.
Connections
"This is the twenty-seventh volume in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's series, Connections: The EERI Oral History Series. EERI began this series to preserve the recollections of some of those who have had pioneering careers in the field of earthquake engineering. Significant, even revolutionary, changes have occurred in earthquake engineering since individuals first began thinking in modern, scientific ways about how to protect construction and society from earthquakes. The Connections series helps document this important history. This issue of Oral History talks about Mary Comerio's life and work"--
Design in Retrofit and Repair
Provides case studies of housing, health care, commercial, and government buildings, and discusses the economic, social, historic, and technical concerns that affected design decisions.
Disaster Hits Home
Whenever a major earthquake strikes or a hurricane unleashes its fury, the devastating results fill our television screens and newspapers. Mary C. Comerio is interested in what happens in the weeks and months after such disasters, particularly in the recovery of damaged housing. Through case studies of six recent urban disasters—Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina, Hurricane Andrew in Florida, the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes in California, as well as earthquakes in Mexico City and Kobe, Japan—Comerio demonstrates that several fundamental factors have changed in contemporary urban disasters. The foremost change is in scale, and as more Americans move to the two coasts, future loss...
Safeguarding the Golden State
California may have the most robust emergency preparedness system in the nation, but the State¿s preparedness needs have changed dramatically since that system developed, especially since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the anthrax attacks of 2001 and the risk of an avian flu pandemic, and Hurricane Katrina. This report maintains that without immediate action by the State of California, millions of Californians are at risk for injury, death or property damage in a catastrophic disaster. Contents: Introduction; Emergency Management in California; Preparing for Catastrophic Events; Integrating Emergency Services; Ensure Sufficient and Reliable Funding to Meet Needs; Promote Continuous Improvement and Accountability; Conclusion. Illus.
Architecture - Design Methods - Inca Structures. Festschrift for Jean-Pierre Protzen
This Festschrift is a collection of essays in honor of Jean-Pierre Protzen on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
