In September 1985 a major earthquake hit Mexico, especially its capital city. In the metropolitan area of Mexico City thousands of persons were killed and tens of thousands were injured. At least a hundred thousand building units, mostly residential ones, were damaged in some way. Hundreds of thousands of the population were rendered homeless. Material and property losses amounted to billions of dollars. Most of the important federal governmental buildings, many financial and industrial offices, key communication centers, and the largest central district hotels were in the major impacted zones. In addition, 30 percent of hospital beds in the city were lost as well as 22 percent of school facilities, and more than 10,000 shops and factories ...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican Social Scientist was made of t...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican social scientists was made of ...
Caltech civil engineers document the extensive damage to modern multi-story buildings located on Mex...
The majority of the social science disaster research undertaken up to the present time has been done...
This publication, apart from meeting a formal NSF reporting requirement, is intended for many audie...
abstract: The 8.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City in 1985 left 10,000 people dead, and ...
Upon concluding the search and rescue activities in the buildings collapsed in the September 19th ea...
The extensive damage to high‐rise buildings in Mexico City during the September 19, 1985 earthquake ...
The paper traces out the relationships between three sets of actors--workers, factory owners, and go...
AbstractThe paper presents some results on seismic risk and other hazards perception of a sector of ...
Safety of a building's occupants is of primary concern in the design of a building. However, geophys...
Disaster risk management (DRM) has never been as essential to Mexico City as today. Three years ago,...
This is a quick report of estimated seismic intensities caused by the 1999 Tehuacán Earthquake using...
Mexico City is located at an altitude of over 2 000 metres where it occupies an attractive but hazar...
Abstract. This paper describes the structural damage in Mexico City caused by the September 19, 1985...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican Social Scientist was made of t...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican social scientists was made of ...
Caltech civil engineers document the extensive damage to modern multi-story buildings located on Mex...
The majority of the social science disaster research undertaken up to the present time has been done...
This publication, apart from meeting a formal NSF reporting requirement, is intended for many audie...
abstract: The 8.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City in 1985 left 10,000 people dead, and ...
Upon concluding the search and rescue activities in the buildings collapsed in the September 19th ea...
The extensive damage to high‐rise buildings in Mexico City during the September 19, 1985 earthquake ...
The paper traces out the relationships between three sets of actors--workers, factory owners, and go...
AbstractThe paper presents some results on seismic risk and other hazards perception of a sector of ...
Safety of a building's occupants is of primary concern in the design of a building. However, geophys...
Disaster risk management (DRM) has never been as essential to Mexico City as today. Three years ago,...
This is a quick report of estimated seismic intensities caused by the 1999 Tehuacán Earthquake using...
Mexico City is located at an altitude of over 2 000 metres where it occupies an attractive but hazar...
Abstract. This paper describes the structural damage in Mexico City caused by the September 19, 1985...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican Social Scientist was made of t...
A study involving a collaborative effort between American and Mexican social scientists was made of ...
Caltech civil engineers document the extensive damage to modern multi-story buildings located on Mex...