ABAG Shaken Awake! Report TABLE of CONTENTS

Report Authors:

Jeanne B. Perkins -- Earthquake Program Manager, Association of Bay Area Governments
Ben Chuaqui -- Regional Planner, Association of Bay Area Governments
John Harrald -- Director & Professor, Institute. for Disaster and Crisis Management., George Washington University
Dukhoon Jeong -- Research Assistant, George Washington University

Support:

Dan Friess -- Research Assistant, Association of Bay Area Governments -- building data
Fred Parkinson -- Systems Programmer, ABAG -- Loss model database programming
Hermann Schywn -- Research Assistant, George Washington University -- shelter data
Paul Wilson -- President, MapFrame Corp. -- GIS software and support
Edward Wyatt -- Environmental Engineer, Assoc. of Bay Area Governments -- building data

ABAG Management:

Eugene Y. Leong -- Executive Director
Gary Binger -- Deputy Executive Director/Planning Director

Acknowledgments:

ABAG would like to acknowledge the efforts of the following members of the Review Committee in reviewing the material which forms a basis for this document.

Earthquakes and Housing Losses Review Committee:
Thelma Rubin -- Committee Chair -- Councilmember, City of Albany
Chris Arnold -- Building Systems Development (BSD), Inc.
Roger Borcherdt -- Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
Laurence Kornfield -- Chief Building Inspector, City and County of San Francisco
Frank McClure -- Consulting Structural Engineer
Patrick McClellan -- former Earthquake Preparedness Coor., City of San Leandro Fire Dept.
Gregg O'Ryon -- Director, Disaster Services, American Red Cross - Bay Area
Paula Schulz -- State Hazard Mitigation Officer, California Office of Emergency Services
Roy Schweyer -- Mgr., Housing & Neigh. Preservation, Off. of Comm. Dev., Oakland
Martha Blair Tyler -- Spangle Associates, Urban Planning and Research
Frannie Winslow -- Director, Office of Emergency Services, City of San Jose

In addition, project staff wish to thank John Boatwright (USGS, Menlo Park) for his assistance in analysis of the Northridge housing data.

The writing and production of this report was financed in large part by National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants No. BCS-9302612 and CMS-9416181. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

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