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 earthqu…
Aims to answer the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the field of earthquake risk assessment and management. This book provides an overview of earthquake emergency plans, and an assessment of the problems and pitfalls of the methods. The accompanying CD-ROM contains full-…
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "full-color versions of figures which are printed black-and-white in the book itself."--Page 4 of cover.
Protection of built environment against earthquakes
Observed high losses throughout the world indicate that the risk due to earthquake hazard is still high and that it may even increase due to rapid population growth in the urban areas and ageing process of build environment. Therefore it is important to further develop methods, …
Observed high losses throughout the world indicate that the risk due to earthquake hazard is still high and that it may even increase due to rapid population growth in the urban areas and ageing process of build environment. Therefore it is important to further develop methods, …
Devastating seismic events occurring all over the world keep raising the awareness of the scientific, technical and political communities to the need of identifying assets at risk and developing more effective and cost-efficient seismic risk mitigation strategies. Significant ad…
The first edition of this monograph, presenting accurate and efficient simulations of seismic damage to buildings and cities, has received significant attention from the research community. To keep abreast of the rapid development in recent years, our latest breakthrough achieve…
Conception parasismique: niveau avant-projet
by Zacek, Milan
fromConception parasismique. Cahier
"Written by one of the world's foremost authorities on concrete dams, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the analysis, response, design and safety evaluation of concrete dams under earthquake loading, for professional engineers and regulatory bodies"-