Preparing for the Big One

The mayor of Los Angeles (LA) released a resiliency plan that recommends ways to protect the city's buildings, telecommunications systems, and water infrastructure in the case of a significant seismic event by increasing their resilience. The aim is to improve disaster response capabilities, streamline the city's short-term recovery, and protect its economic capacity in the long-term. Due to the city's location along the San Andreas fault, a massive earthquake could affect LA in a similar way to that of San Francisco in 1906.

• Record URL:
  http://www.civilengineering-digital.com/civilengineering/february_2015?folio=44#pg72
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/10480594
• Authors:
  • Cardno, Catherine A
• Publication Date: 2015-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 70-75
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Disaster preparedness; Earthquake resistant design; Infrastructure; Telecommunications; Water supply and distribution structures
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles (California)
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01561296
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 2015 9:48AM