Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty

Describes and assesses the varied economic benefits derived from modernizing and expanding seismic monitoring activities in the United States. These benefits include more effective loss avoidance regulations and strategies, improved understanding of earthquake processes, better engineering design, and more.

• | Author: Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on the Economic Benefits of Improved Seismic Monitoring, Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics
• | Publisher: National Academies Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 04, 2006
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780309096959
• | ISBN-10: 0309096952