¡Alerta! Engineering on Shaky Ground

• Main Author: Reddy, Elizabeth (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
• Series: Engineering Studies
• Subjects: Impact of science & technology on society; Earthquake engineering; Aid & relief programmes; Science, Technology & Society/General; Engineering/General; Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering; Environment/General
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A lively account of a controversial technology developed to mitigate earthquake risk and change how we live with threatening environments.The Sistema de Alerta Sísmica Mexicano is the world's oldest public earthquake early warning system. Given the unpredictability of earthquakes, the technolo...