The City of Watsonville is vulnerable to a number of natural and man-made hazards. This project analyzed this risk and vulnerabilities to critical facilities within the city, and made recommendations of mitigation strategies and implementation methods to address this risk. Analysis and data collection was conducted in coordination with the City of Watsonville Fire Department and the resulting product will be given to the City for their use and potential adoption. The documents within this Local Hazard Mitigation Plan was developed to the standards and specifications developed by the State of California and Federal Emergency Management Agency for a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan in order for the opportunity for the City of Watsonville to be able to use the information contained here to develop a State and Federally-approved Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The hazards analyzed within this document are as follows: earthquakes, wildfires, urban and industrial fires, flooding, hazardous materials, liquefaction, land subsidence, landslides, unreinforced masonry, airport hazards, civil disturbance/terrorism, dam failure, drought, expansive soils, natural gas pipeline failure, vehicle collisions, tornados, and tsunamis.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/1947/8682. / "July 2007"

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-75). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 1996. / Includes maps in pocket. Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-129). Also available online.

This thesis examines the role of corporate power in the decision making and regulatory processes for major hazard sites in the UK. In particular, emphasis is placed on the role of risk analytical techniques and the associated use of technical expertise in the public inquiry process by focusing on two areas, Canvey Island (Essex) and Ellesmere Port (Cheshire), over a twenty year period. Evidence shows that the ability of public groups to intervene effectively in the decision making process varies both .spatially and temporally. In order to set this data within a theoretical framework the analysis of public inquiries in these areas takes place in the context of three competing perspectives on power, namely pluralist, elitist and Marxist. Through the use of a number of mediating concepts the three theoretical persectives on power are married to the empirical data derived for the two areas. The research shows that each of the perspectives fails to provide an adequate explanation for events. Against this background some of the models of scientific expertise within decision making are evaluated and it is suggested that such models need to be set in a wider economic and social framework than had previously been allowed for by some authors. It is argued that risk analysis can be used to support the interests of powerful groups and as a consequence its validity as an input into decision making needs to be subjected to more critical scrutiny than has previously been the case. The thesis concludes by making a number of recommendations for the various bodies involved in making judgements about major hazards.

The Best PhD Thesis in the Faculties of Dentistry, Engineering, Medicine and Science (University of Hong Kong), Li Ka Shing Prize, 2005-2006. / published_or_final_version / abstract / Civil Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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