Editors:
- Distinguished group of authors
- Important issues in earthquake engineering
- Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations
- Disaster Mitigation from engineering perspective
Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 11)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Earthquakes and tsunamis are two major natural disasters, causing enormous life and material losses over the entire world, especially in the developing countries that are not well prepared. Since earthquakes and tsunamis are natural phenomena that cannot be prevented, a series of measures need to be taken to minimize the losses. Disaster mitigation covers a wide variety of activities involving numerous disciplines. Civil engineering makes probably the most effective contribution to the mitigation of life and material losses in earthquakes and tsunamis.
This volume contains 11 major contributions of distinguished experts from various areas of civil engineering, and aims at informing the civil engineering community about the recent progress in disaster mitigation concerning earthquakes and tsunamis. It is designed to address the standard practicing civil engineer with the aim of carrying the scientific research results to the engineering practice in simple engineering language.
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
A. Tugrul Tankut
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Book Subtitle: Civil Engineering Disaster Mitigation Activities - Implementing Millennium Development Goals
Editors: A. Tugrul Tankut
Series Title: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2399-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2398-8Published: 26 May 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8495-8Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2399-5Published: 06 May 2009
Series ISSN: 1573-6059
Series E-ISSN: 1872-4671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 218
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences