Earthquake risk mitigation of hospital facilities: a case study of Vancouver General Hospital

The purpose of this study is to critically examine whether hospitals located in high seismic risk areas such as Vancouver can respond as post-disaster facilities in the aftermath of a major earthquake. Earthquake experience in California during the 1971 San Fernando and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthqua...

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Main Author: O'Hanley, Jean A.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2170