Thank you for agreeing to contribute to the earthquake volume we are editing for the Hazards and Disasters series that Routledge is publishing to commemorate the achievements of the IDNDR. The series is to be the definitive international compilation of the current state of research on earthquakes as hazards, comprising the physical dynamics of earthquakes and derivative seismic hazards, advances in engineering, the social and medical impacts of earthquake disasters, and planning for mitigation and emergency response.
As such, authors are asked to include overviews of current accomplishments, trends, and needs in their particular areas of expertise. These reviews organize that literature for others working in these areas and provide access to the highlights of that literature for researchers working with other facets of this hazard. Your primary audience, then, is the community of researchers across the seismic hazard area. An important additional audience is the practitioners dealing with earthquake hazards and disasters, who would appreciate a single source bringing together what they need to know to improve practice and policy. Please keep accessibility to practitioners and advanced students around the world in mind in your choice of phrasing and vocabulary, defining terms that may be uncommon outside your particular area of expertise.
These papers should provide more than the review function, however. Routledge envisions this series as an important venue for publication of original research. We would very much like to see articles presenting the results of your own empirical and theoretical work. Case studies are very welcome, and Routledge hopes the volume will provide examples drawn from around the world.
Guidelines for formatting and submission follow. These guidelines were developed to make our work of redaction easier in light of our collection of computers and software: We do not want to make these guidelines so rigid that they become an impediment to your writing, however.
A target length for the manuscript texts would be roughly 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages), though flexibility in length may be required to cover the topic of your paper. We would like the manuscript text to be submitted double-spaced, formatted for letterhead (A4 210 x 297 mm or 8.5 x 11 in.). Please include 2.5 cm or 1 in. margins all around. Headings and subheadings are encouraged: Main headings should be set off entirely in capital letters and centered, with subheadings at the left margin, their key words capitalized and the subheading set off by underlining.
Please use the parenthetical reference system, such as (Martin 1998), (Martin 1998; Smith 1999a; Gonzalez, Tanaka, and Ndebele 2001), and (Martin 1998: 241). The reference list should bring together citations covering classic sources in your field as well as key contemporary sources. Books and journal titles should be italicized or underlined with key words begun with a capital letter. Article and title chapters should be in sentence case (non-capitalized) and do not need to be enclosed in quotation marks. Numbered endnotes should be kept to a minimum. As this is a British publisher, it would be helpful if Commonwealth orthography were followed.
All graphic materials (e.g., photographs, graphs, maps), except tables, should be labeled as figures, numbered sequentially. Tables should be captioned as tables, with their own independent number sequence. Figures and tables should have their numbers and captions above, if at all possible (e.g., Figure 1 -- Map of case study area). Equations should be assigned sequential numbers placed to their right in parentheses.
Acknowledgements may be placed at the end of the text. The title page should include the preferred form of your name, your title and affiliation, and contact information (e-mail, telephone including international code, fax, web page).
Please submit the manuscript in electronic form. The text and reference materials should be e-mailed to both of us as Word or WordPerfect attachments. Rodrigue can, alternatively, accommodate WordStar for DOS attachments. Please give your papers short file names based on your name (e.g., Rovai.doc).
Tables may be attached in the same or separate messages in one of these word processed forms or as Excel, dat, or csv spreadsheets. Maps, graphs, and elaborate equations that require graphic rendering can be sent in Adobe Photoshop formats (psd or pdd), Macromedia Freehand v. 8 or 9 (eps), or as bmp, gif, jpg, pcd, or pdf. Please send all tables and graphics in final form as separate files, rather than embedding them in the text. Again, make sure the files are named after you in some easily identifiable way.
Two hard copies of the text, references, and tables would also be appreciated. Copies of your graphics should also be sent to us in camera-ready paper form, just as a safety measure. Please be sure that graphic materials will survive reduction (paper copy should be no larger than standard letter size, if at all possible, and they will be reduced further from there).
We really look forward to seeing your work and putting this volume together. Please submit your materials no later than July 31 this summer. We ask ahead of time for permission to make minor editorial changes to make the different manuscripts harmonious in spelling and general style. We'll send you galley proofs for your final review.
Thank you for agreeing to contribute to this project.
Sincerely,
Christine M. Rodrigue Eugenie Rovai Department of Geography Department of Geography and Planning California State University California State University Long Beach, CA 90840-1101 USA Chico, CA 95929-0425 USA (526) 985-4895 or -4977 (530) 895- 6091 or -5285 FAX: (526) 985-8993 FAX: (530) 895-6781 E-mail: rodrigue@csulb.edu E-mail: erovai@csuchico.edu