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Earthquake Risk Reduction

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Author : David J. Dowrick
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2003-09-12

Earthquake Risk Reduction written by David J. Dowrick and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-12 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Encompassing theory and field experience, this book covers all the main subject areas in earthquake risk reduction, ranging from geology, seismology, structural and soil dynamics to hazard and risk assessment, risk management and planning, engineering and the architectural design of new structures and equipment. Earthquake Risk Reduction outlines individual national weaknesses that contribute to earthquake risk to people and property; calculates the seismic response of soils and structures, using the structural continuum 'Subsoil - Substructure - Superstructure - Non-structure'; evaluates the effectiveness of given designs and construction procedures for reducing casualties and financial losses; provides guidance on the key issue of choice of structural form; presents earthquake resistant designs methods for the four main structural materials - steel, concrete, reinforced masonry and timber - as well as for services equipment, plant and non-structural architectural components; contains a chapter devoted to problems involved in improving (retrofitting) the existing built environment. Compiled from the author's extensive professional experience in earthquake engineering, this key text provides an excellent treatment of the complex multidisciplinary process of earthquake risk reduction. This book will prove an invaluable reference and guiding tool to practicing civil and structural engineers and architects, researchers and postgraduate students in seismology, local governments and risk management officials.

Earthquake Hazard And Seismic Risk Reduction

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Author : Serguei Balassanian
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29

Earthquake Hazard And Seismic Risk Reduction written by Serguei Balassanian and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Science categories.

In 1998 Armenia was commemorating the tenth anniversary of the catastrophic Spitak earthquake. The Second International Conference on "Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction" sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and United Nation's International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR) was held in dedication to that event between 14-21 September (later referred to as Yerevan Conference). The Yerevan Conference has been organized by the National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP) of the Republic of Armenia. All level's decision-makers (from the ministers to the local authorities), politicians, scientists, leaders of the executive and legislative powers, psychologists, leading businessmen, representatives from the private sector and the media as well as from the International Organizations have been invited by the Armenian NSSP to take part in joint discussion of the Seismic Risk Reduction Problem for the first time in the history of such forums. Armenian NSSP's such initiative has been triggered by the experience of the Spitak earthquake and other disasters. They showed that it will be possible to reduce the risks, posed by the natural disaster, only through the common efforts of all the community in co-operation with the International institutions.

Earthquake Disasters

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Author : Jiuping Xu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-26

Earthquake Disasters written by Jiuping Xu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-26 with Nature categories.

This book explores practices and approaches on pre-disaster prevention and post-disaster reconstruction for vulnerable countries and areas enhancing earthquake disaster resilience. Destructive earthquakes have frequently occurred in urban or rural areas around the world, causing severe damage on human societies. Pre-earthquake prevention and post-earthquake reconstruction effect the disaster resilience building and long-term development of the affected communities and areas. In recent years, researchers from around the world have made a lot of efforts to study on the theme ‘earthquake disaster prevention and reconstruction’. The chapters in this edited volume contribute to the literature of earthquake disaster research from scientific, social and institutional aspects. These interdisciplinary studies mainly focus on human and policy dimensions of earthquake disaster, such as earthquake risk mitigation, social-physical resilience building, resilience capability assessment, healthcare surge capacity, house reconstruction, the roles of schools, households, civil societies and public participation in earthquake disaster prevention and reconstruction. The authors come from several counties, including China, Bangladesh, Iran, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Indonesia, covering the cases from those countries prone to earthquakes. These nine distinctive chapters have been elaborately selected and integrated from the international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Hazards.

Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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Author : United States. Working Group on Earthquake Hazards Reduction
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978

Earthquake Hazards Reduction written by United States. Working Group on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Buildings categories.

The Great Earthquake Experiment

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Author : Dennis Mileti
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1993-04-20

The Great Earthquake Experiment written by Dennis Mileti and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-20 with Nature categories.

Educational Facilities And Risk Management Natural Disasters

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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2004-01-30

Educational Facilities And Risk Management Natural Disasters written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-30 with categories.

Earthquakes and other natural disasters are unpredictable, and often deadly. In developed and developing countries alike, the cost in human life and infrastructure is very high. The danger to schools is of particular concern, given the concentration ...

Ethical Issues And Earthquake Risk Reduction

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Author : Tim Healy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Ethical Issues And Earthquake Risk Reduction written by Tim Healy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Earthquake Risk Reduction

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Author : David J. Dowrick
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2003-09-08

Earthquake Risk Reduction written by David J. Dowrick and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-08 with Technology & Engineering categories.

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Reducing Earthquake Losses

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1995

Reducing Earthquake Losses written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.

Earthquakes have caused massive death and destruction, and potentially damaging earthquakes are certain to occur in the future. Although earthquakes are uncontrollable, the losses they cause can be reduced by building structures that resist earthquake damage, matching land use to risk, developing emergency response plans, and other means. Since 1977, the federal government has had a research oriented program to reduce earthquake losses the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This program has made significant contributions toward improving our understanding of earthquakes and strategies to reduce their impact. Implementing action based on this understanding, however, has been quite difficult. This chapter provides an introduction to earthquakes: a sum mary of the earthquake hazard across the United States, a review of the types of losses earthquakes cause, a discussion of why earthquakes are a congressional concern, and an introduction to mitigation actions taken prior to earthquakes that can reduce losses when they occur. The federal policy response to date, NEHRP is then described and reviewed. Finally, specific policy options for improving federal efforts to reduce future earthquake losses are presented.

Earthquake Risk Reduction In The Balkan Region

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Author : K. Ishihara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Earthquake Risk Reduction In The Balkan Region written by K. Ishihara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.