Financial Incentives for Seismic Rehabilitation of Hazardous Buildings-an Agenda for Action: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations

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DIANE Publishing, 1993 - 125 pages
Identifies and describes in detail the existing and potential regulatory and financial mechanisms and incentives in the various levels of government that can reasonably be used in a course of action to lessen the risks posed by existing buildings in an earthquake.

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