Remaking the San Franciscooakland Bay Bridge - A Case of Shadowboxing With Nature

On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day. The bridge was closed for a month for repairs and then reopened to traffic. But what ensued over the next 25 years is the extraordinary story that Karen Trapenberg Frick tells here. It is a cautionary tale to which any governing authority embarking on a megaproject should pay heed.

List of contents

1. Mind over Matter, 2. Field Guide to Megaproject Interpretation, Part I: Time in Suspension, 3. Past as Prologue, 4. Engineering between the Fault Lines, Part II: A Race Against Time, 5. Shockwaves by Design, 6. Ground Motions when Pedalling for a Pathway and Train Tracks, Part III: Hurry Up and Wait…and Wait, 7. Freefalling to Vertigo, 8. Back to the Future: the ‘Big One’ of Skyrocketing Costs, 9. Aftershock: Hubris and Shadowboxing with Nature

Product details

• Authors: Karen Trapenberg Frick, Karen Trapenberg (University of California Frick, Frick Karen Trapenberg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138209329
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20932-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Planning, History and Environment Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building