On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day. The bridge was closed for a month for repairs and then reopened to traffic. But what ensued over the next 25 years is the extraordinary story that Karen Trapenberg Frick tells here. It is a cautionary tale to which any governing authority embarking on a megaproject should pay heed.…mehr
On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day. The bridge was closed for a month for repairs and then reopened to traffic. But what ensued over the next 25 years is the extraordinary story that Karen Trapenberg Frick tells here. It is a cautionary tale to which any governing authority embarking on a megaproject should pay heed.
Karen Trapenberg Frick is Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, Co-Director of the University of California Transportation Center and Assistant Director of the University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Mind over Matter 2. Field Guide to Megaproject Interpretation Part I: Time in Suspension 3. Past as Prologue 4. Engineering between the Fault Lines Part II: A Race Against Time 5. Shockwaves by Design 6. Ground Motions when Pedalling for a Pathway and Train Tracks Part III: Hurry Up and Wait...and Wait 7. Freefalling to Vertigo 8. Back to the Future: the 'Big One' of Skyrocketing Costs 9. Aftershock: Hubris and Shadowboxing with Nature
1. Mind over Matter 2. Field Guide to Megaproject Interpretation Part I: Time in Suspension 3. Past as Prologue 4. Engineering between the Fault Lines Part II: A Race Against Time 5. Shockwaves by Design 6. Ground Motions when Pedalling for a Pathway and Train Tracks Part III: Hurry Up and Wait...and Wait 7. Freefalling to Vertigo 8. Back to the Future: the 'Big One' of Skyrocketing Costs 9. Aftershock: Hubris and Shadowboxing with Nature
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