About BC Books Online
BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
A quick tip: When reviewing the "Browse by Category" listings, please note that these are based on standardized BISAC Subject Codes supplied by the books' publishers. You will find additional selections, grouped by theme or region, in our "BC Reading Lists."
Description
Crammed into the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles Basin is a population greater than that of both Ontario and Quebec. Both these drought-prone regions of California need to import water over improbable distances. Reliance on imported water, however, is not their Achilles heel; it is the fact that each sits astride one of the most violently active seismic zones in the world.
A Dangerous Place is a compelling chronicle of a man-made eruption of development and progress over the last 150 years. It also explores the even bigger problem facing these two megalopolises -- their location in major earthquake zones -- and provides a clear and concise explanation of plate tectonics. Finally, it offers a chillingly realistic description of the impact of a future earthquake, in 2005, originating in the sixty-mile Hayward Fault running from San Francisco to San Jose.
This is a new release of the book published in February 2003.
