USGS cooperation with China Geological Survey: site visit September 20-30, 2008
Report Series: Administrative, October, 2008
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
Trip Leader: Ed Harp, LHP *1
Summary Report: Angela Jayko, ESP *2
Also in USGS Contingent: Randy Jibson *1, Jonathan Godt *1
*1 Landslide Hazards Program, Central Multihazards Team
*2 NCGMP, Western Earth Surface Processes Team
Engineering Resilient Cities
Earthquake and Landslide Hazards: Preparations, Response and Reconstruction
Stephen Mahin
Byron and Elvira Nishkian Professor of Structural Engineering
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
University of California, Berkeley
Presented at: US-PRC Workshop on Disaster Management
October 27, 2008 - Menlo Park, CA
Sponsored by US Dept of State
Contact: Fernando R. Echavarria, Office of Space & Advanced Technology
Title: "Sichuan Earthquake Region and Giant Panda Conservation"
Authors: Kathy Nutter, Susan Simon, Dan Schmitt, Kevin Smits
All rights reserved, (c) 2009
Originally produced for Landscape Architecture Course 375 - Regional Design, Fall 2008, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Instructor: Janet Silbernagel
Title: "Sichuan Earthquake Response"
Authors: Curt Staats, Shelly Strom, Leigh Presley
All rights reserved, (c) 2009
Originally produced for Landscape Architecture Course 375 - Regional Design, Fall 2008, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Instructor: Janet Silbernagel
Title: "Sichuan Earthquake Infrastructure & Conservation Planning"
Authors: Pat Callahan, Hogan Edelberg, Andrew Kibbe, Elliot Hansen
All rights reserved, (c) 2009
Originally produced for Landscape Architecture Course 375 - Regional Design, Fall 2008, University of Wisonsin - Madison. Instructor: Janet Silbernagel
Extensive collection of video (both raw footage and edited clips) on the Sina 5-12 Website.
China Marks One Year of Wenchuan Quake
12 May 2009
Xinhua News
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, marking last year's massive quake.
Guards of honor placed 10 floral baskets in front of a symbolic clock showing the time of the quake. Hu then walked and stood with rapt attention in front of a floral basket dedicated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to all victims of the earthquake.
The Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, today (May 12) attended a commemoration to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, and urged the people of Hong Kong to continue to support the relief and redevelopment work in the area.
Boston Globe - Big Picture photo-essay of the immediate aftermath of the Wenchuan Earthquake.
29 May 2008
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (GEER) Association carried out a field investigation in conjunction with Chinese colleagues from August 3-11 to document effects of the May 12 earthquake.
Team leader:
Marshall Lew of MACTEC Engineering and Consulting
EERI Team members:
David Friedman, Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
Dennis Lau of Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
Laurie Johnson, urban planning consultant, San Francisco
Tricia Wachtendorf, Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware
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Site report conducted by USGS scientists in collaboration with their colleagues at the China Geological Survey, September 21-30, 2008. 27 page report includes maps, tables, and GPS coordinates of sites visited.
