Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk : Geo-scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: developments, tools, techniques
- Author
- Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Antoni Roca, Xavier Goula
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Environmental Science
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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.
Keywords: Earth and environmental science / Disaster management / Earthquake hazard / Emergency plans / KLTcatalog / Risk assessment and mapping / Seismic zonation / Vulnerability and damage / Civil engineering / Earthquake / Geophysics / Seismic
