Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk (eBook, PDF)

Geo-scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: developments, tools, techniques
Redaktion: Oliveira, Carlos Sousa; Goula, Xavier; Roca, Antoni

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a team of specialists in many disciplines, this book answers the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the field of earthquake risk assessment and management. It provides an overview of earthquake emergency plans, and a frank assessment of the problems and pitfalls of current methods. The authors apply real world experience to the transfer of geo-scientific and engineering knowledge to Civil Protection personnel and insurance agents. Also included are examples of actual applications taken from the bibliography - including relevant websites.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 545
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402036088
• Artikelnr.: 37349368

Inhaltsangabe

Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk. An Introduction.- Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk. An Introduction.- Earthquake Hazard And Strong Motion.- Overview on Earthquake Hazard Assessment - Methods and New Trends.- Observation, Characterization and Prediction Of Strong Ground Motion.- Local Site Effects and Microzonation.- Site-City Interaction.- Vulnerability Assessment.- Vulnerability Assessment Of Dwelling Buildings.- Vulnerability Assessment Of Historical Buildings.- Experimental Techniques For Assessment Of Dynamic Behaviour Of Buildings.- Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Of Lifelines.- System Analysis And Risk.- Damage Scenarios and Damage Evaluation.- Urban System Exposure to Natural Disasters: An Integrated Approach.- Response Of Hospital Systems.- Managing Earthquake Risk.- Building Against Earthquakes.- Industrial Facilities.- Early Warning and Rapid Damage Assessment.- Technical Emergency Management.- Civil Protection Management.- Earthquake Risk and Insurance.- Strengthening and Repairing Earthquake Damaged Structures.- Advanced Techniques in Modelling, Response and Recovery.- Case Studies, Initiatives And Experiences.- Seismic Loss Scenarios Based on Hazard Disaggregation. Application to the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon, Portugal.- Loss Scenarios For Regional Emergency Plans: Application to Catalonia, Spain.- Risk-Ue Project: An Advanced Approach to Earthquake Risk Scenarios With Application to Different European Towns.