Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk
Geo-scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: developments, tools, techniques
Editors: Oliveira, Carlos Sousa, Roca, Antoni, Goula, Xavier (Eds.)
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This book points out the need of a multidisciplinary approach in the field of risk assessment and management. It provides an overview of the problems, approaches and common practices directly related to earthquake risk mitigation and, in particular, to the preparation of earthquake emergency plans. Written by a team of specialists from different disciplines, the authors worked together extensively in order to create unity and continuity in the text as a whole. Each topic is illustrated with examples of actual applications taken from the bibliography – including websites with available relevant information. Case studies and information on some relevant international projects are given.
Audience
This work will be of interest to students and professionals with a basic education in geology, geophysics, geotechnical and civil engineering, system analysis, geography and architecture. It can be used as a textbook for a specialized post-graduate course on the topic.
- Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk. An Introduction
Pages 1-14
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Overview on Earthquake Hazard Assessment - Methods and New Trends
Pages 15-46
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Observation, Characterization and Prediction Of Strong Ground Motion
Pages 47-66
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Local Site Effects and Microzonation
Pages 67-89
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Site-City Interaction
Pages 91-114
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk
- Book Subtitle
- Geo-scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: developments, tools, techniques
- Editors
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- Carlos Sousa Oliveira
- Antoni Roca
- Xavier Goula
- Series Title
- Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-3608-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-3608-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-3524-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8273-9
- Series ISSN
- 1573-6059
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 545
- Topics
