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Earthquake fears, predictions, and preparations in mid-America [electronic resource] / John E. Farley.

By: Farley, John E.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1998General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 198 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585121524 (electronic bk.); 9780585121529 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Earthquake hazard analysis -- Missouri -- New Madrid Region | Earthquake predictionGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 363.34/957/097 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
1. A Brief History and Analysis of the Browning Episode -- 2. Who Believed Browning, What Did They Plan to Do, and Why? -- 3. What They Did Compared with What They Planned -- 4. Trends in Awareness, Concern, and Preparedness, 1990-1993 -- 5. Awareness, Concern, Knowledge, Experience, and Preparedness: Making the Linkages -- 6. Explaining Awareness and Concern -- 7. Putting It All Together: What Explains Preparedness and How Can It Be Encouraged?
Review: "When self-proclaimed climatologist Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would shatter the Heartland on 2 or 3 December 1990, many living within reach of the New Madrid fault zone reacted with varying combinations of preparation and panic."--BOOK JACKET. "John E. Farley explores public reaction to Browning's pseudoscientific prediction, presenting important data gathered both before and after the threat proved empty. Farley and fellow members of his survey team consider the long-term effects of the Browning prediction on earthquake awareness and preparedness in a region that remains at risk for a damaging quake."--BOOK JACKET. "All four surveys offer important insights into what people believe about earthquake risk in the NMSZ, what they know about earthquakes, what specific actions they have - and have not - taken in preparation for earthquakes, and what they think a severe quake would do to their neighborhoods."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

1. A Brief History and Analysis of the Browning Episode -- 2. Who Believed Browning, What Did They Plan to Do, and Why? -- 3. What They Did Compared with What They Planned -- 4. Trends in Awareness, Concern, and Preparedness, 1990-1993 -- 5. Awareness, Concern, Knowledge, Experience, and Preparedness: Making the Linkages -- 6. Explaining Awareness and Concern -- 7. Putting It All Together: What Explains Preparedness and How Can It Be Encouraged?

"When self-proclaimed climatologist Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would shatter the Heartland on 2 or 3 December 1990, many living within reach of the New Madrid fault zone reacted with varying combinations of preparation and panic."--BOOK JACKET. "John E. Farley explores public reaction to Browning's pseudoscientific prediction, presenting important data gathered both before and after the threat proved empty. Farley and fellow members of his survey team consider the long-term effects of the Browning prediction on earthquake awareness and preparedness in a region that remains at risk for a damaging quake."--BOOK JACKET. "All four surveys offer important insights into what people believe about earthquake risk in the NMSZ, what they know about earthquakes, what specific actions they have - and have not - taken in preparation for earthquakes, and what they think a severe quake would do to their neighborhoods."--BOOK JACKET.

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