| Title | Regional earthquake hazards |
| Download | Download (whole publication) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Journeay, J M |
| Source | A profile of earthquake risk for the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia; by Journeay, J M; Dercole, F; Mason, D; Westin, M; Prieto, J A; Wagner, C L; Hastings, N L ; Chang, S E; Lotze, A; Ventura, C E; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7677,
2015 p. 28-44, https://doi.org/10.4095/296266  Open
Access |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in A profile of earthquake
risk for the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 92G/06; 92G/07 |
| Area | Vancouver; North Vancouver |
| Lat/Long WENS | -123.1333 -122.8667 49.4167 49.3000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; Health and Safety; earthquakes; earthquake risk; earthquake studies; seismicity; seismic risk; seismic velocities; earthquake catalogues; seismic zones; seismic velocities; earthquake
magnitudes; strong motion seismology; health hazards; building codes; flood potential; flood plains; HAZUS |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; block diagrams |
| Program | Public Safety Geoscience Quantitative risk assessment project |
| Released | 2015 05 01 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Costs of natural hazard disasters are increasing in Canada due to development in hazard prone areas; aging infrastructure; climate change; and capacities
to anticipate and plan for disasters. Recent disasters underscore the need for a risk-based approach to land use planning and emergency management. This study provides an assessment of earthquake risk for the District of North Vancouver, an urban
municipality in southwestern British Columbia. It describes the probable impacts of a significant earthquake and develops a methodology to guide disaster resilience planning, by building a capacity for thresholds of risk tolerance, mitigation
strategies and to help plan for disaster response and recovery. Insight and methodologies from this study are transferrable to other communities exposed to earthquake hazards. This work contributes to Defence Research and Development Canada's
all-hazard risk assessment framework to support disaster resilience planning at a national scale. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296266 |
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