Recovering from the ShakeOut earthquake
Earthquake Spectra
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Abstract
Recovery from an earthquake like the M7.8 ShakeOut Scenario will be a major endeavor taking many years to complete. Hundreds of Southern California municipalities will be affected; most lack recovery plans or previous disaster experience. To support recovery planning this paper 1) extends the regional ShakeOut Scenario analysis into the recovery period using a recovery model, 2) localizes analyses to identify longer-term impacts and issues in two communities, and 3) considers the regional context of local recovery.Key community insights about preparing for post-disaster recovery include the need to: geographically diversify city procurement; set earthquake mitigation priorities for critical infrastructure (e.g., airport), plan to replace mobile homes with earthquake safety measures, consider post-earthquake redevelopment opportunities ahead of time, and develop post-disaster recovery management and governance structures. This work also showed that communities with minor damages are still sensitive to regional infrastructure damages and their potential long-term impacts on community recovery. This highlights the importance of community and infrastructure resilience strategies as well.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Recovering from the ShakeOut earthquake |
| Series title | Earthquake Spectra |
| DOI | 10.1193/1.3581225 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
| Publisher location | Oakland, CA |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Geographic Science Center |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Earthquake Spectra |
| First page | 521 |
| Last page | 538 |
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