Earthquake Hazard And Seismic Risk Reduction

Author : Serguei Balassanian,Armando Cisternas,Mikael Melkumyan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401595445

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Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction by Serguei Balassanian,Armando Cisternas,Mikael Melkumyan Pdf

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.

Author : Max Wyss
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780123964724

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Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters by Max Wyss Pdf

Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed. Contains contributions from expert seismologists, geologists, engineers and geophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board Presents the latest research on seismic hazard and risk assessment, economic impacts, fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation Includes numerous illustrations, maps, diagrams and tables addressing earthquake risk reduction Features new insights and reviews of earthquake prediction, forecasting and early warning, as well as basic tools to deal with earthquake risk

Author : David J. Dowrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470869345

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Earthquake Risk Reduction by David J. Dowrick Pdf

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.

Author : Francesco Mulargia,Robert J. Geller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Earthquake engineering
ISBN : 1402017774

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Earthquake Science and Seismic Risk Reduction by Francesco Mulargia,Robert J. Geller Pdf

Author : Radu Vacareanu,Constantin Ionescu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319747248

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Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment by Radu Vacareanu,Constantin Ionescu Pdf

This book contains the best contributions presented during the 6th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 2nd National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology - 6CNIS & 2CNISS, that took place on June 14-17, 2017 in Bucharest - Romania, at the Romanian Academy and Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest. The book offers an updated overview of seismic hazard and risk assessment activities, with an emphasis on recent developments in Romania, a very challenging case study because of its peculiar intermediate-depth seismicity and evolutive code-compliant building stock. Moreover, the book collects input of renowned scientists and professionals from Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom.The content of the book focuses on seismicity of Romania, geotechnical earthquake engineering, structural analysis and seismic design regulations, innovative solutions for seismic protection of building structures, seismic risk evaluation, resilience-based assessment of structures and management of emergency situations. The sub-chapters consist of the best papers of 6CNIS & 2CNISS selected by the International Advisory and Scientific Committees. The book is targeted at researchers and experts in seismic hazard and risk, evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings and structures, insurers and re-insurers, and decision makers in the field of emergency situations and recovery activities.

Author : Maria Bostenaru Dan,Iuliana Armas,Agostino Goretti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789400779815

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Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning by Maria Bostenaru Dan,Iuliana Armas,Agostino Goretti Pdf

​The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather than a building, scale. This work deals with the impact of earthquakes, including also a broader view on multihazards in urban areas. Uniquely among other works in the field, particular importance is given to urban planning issues, in conservation of heritage and emergency management. Multicriteria decision making and broad participation of those affected by disasters are included.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428920378

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Reducing earthquake losses by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : B.E. Tucker,Mustafa Özder Erdik,Christina N. Hwang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401583381

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Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk by B.E. Tucker,Mustafa Özder Erdik,Christina N. Hwang Pdf

Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is, increasingly, a problem of developing countries. In 1950, one in four of the people living in the world's fifty largest cities was earthquake-threatened, while in the year 2000, about one in two will be. Further, ofthose people living in earthquake-threatened cities in 1950, about two in three were located in developing countries, while in the year 2000, about nine in ten will be. Unless urban seismic safety is improved, particularly in developing countries, future earthquakes will have ever more disastrous social and economic consequences. In July 1992, an international meeting was organized with the purpose of examining one means ofimproving worldwide urban safety. Entitled "Uses ofEarthquake Damage Scenarios for Cities of the 21st Century," this meeting was held in conjunction with the Tenth World Conference ofEarthquake Engineering, in Madrid, Spain. An earthquake damage scenario (EDS) is adescription of the consequences to an urban area of a large, but expectable earthquake on the critical facilities of that area. In Californian and Japanese cities, EDSes have been used for several decades, mainly for the needs of emergency response officials. The Madrid meeting examined uses of this technique for other purposes and in other, less developed countries. As a result of this meeting, it appeared that EDSes bad significant potential to improve urban seismic safety worldwide.

Author : Alik Ismail-Zadeh,Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi,Andrzej Kijko,Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,Ilya Zaliapin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107033863

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Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications by Alik Ismail-Zadeh,Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi,Andrzej Kijko,Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,Ilya Zaliapin Pdf

A unique interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, including global hazards and case-studies, for researchers, graduate students and professionals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Buildings
ISBN : UCAL:B4526132

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Earthquake Hazards Reduction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Taher Zouaghi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789535128854

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Earthquakes by Taher Zouaghi Pdf

This book is devoted to diverse aspects of earthquake researches, especially to new achievements in seismicity that involves geosciences, assessment, and mitigation. Chapters contain advanced materials of detailed engineering investigations, which can help more clearly appreciate, predict, and manage different earthquake processes. Different research themes for diverse areas in the world are developed here, highlighting new methods of studies that lead to new results and models, which could be helpful for the earthquake risk. The presented and developed themes mainly concern wave's characterization and decomposition, recent seismic activity, assessment-mitigation, and engineering techniques. The book provides the state of the art on recent progress in earthquake engineering and management. The obtained results show a scientific progress that has an international scope and, consequently, should open perspectives to other still unresolved interesting aspects.

Author : R. Ayothiraman,Hemanta Hazarika
Publisher : I. K. International Pvt Ltd
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788189866778

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Earthquake Hazards and Mitigation by R. Ayothiraman,Hemanta Hazarika Pdf

discusses the new developments in the field of earthquake engineering and allied areas, " gives information about present state-of-the-art and current practices adopted globally in prediction and mitigation of earthquake hazards, " explores novel and innovative methods for prediction and mitigation of hazards considering the future earthquakes for building sustainable/ safe infrastructures and ensuring safety of community.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050326169

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The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Research Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D01220354M

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Reducing Earthquake Losses by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anton Zaicenco,Iolanda Craifaleanu,Ivanka Paskaleva
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402092428

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Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone by Anton Zaicenco,Iolanda Craifaleanu,Ivanka Paskaleva Pdf

The NATO Science for Peace Project SfP-980468 Harmonization of Seismic Hazard and Risk Reduction in Countries Influenced by Vrancea Earthquakes was an ambitious attempt to harmonize the seismic-hazard assessment in Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania, and provide the guidelines for seismic risk reduction in the target countries. Related to the study of intermediate-depth Vrancea earthquakes, it became operational in 2005. The project co-coordinators were as follows: • Prof. Güney Özcebe, Ankara, Turkey; • Dr. Anton Zaicenco, Chisinau, Moldova; • Dr. Iolanda Craifaleanu, Bucharest, Romania; • Prof. Ivanka Paskaleva, Sofia, Bulgaria. The project has brought together leading research personalities in the area of earthquake engineering, seismology and earth physics from several countries for brainstorming sessions, informal discussions, and exchanges of ideas. One of its key components was an upgrade of the strong-motion seismic networks of the countries-participants, which created a foundation for a long-term collaboration. A number of papers have been published as a result of the work conducted under this project. The present book contains the Proceedings of the Closing Workshop for Project SfP-980468, which was organized in Chisinau, Moldova on May 20, 2008. From hazard analyses to protection of the historical buildings, from study of the dynamic properties of the soft soils to paleoseismology, there are few areas of interest that remain untouched. Research from the NATO members and partner countries in South-Eastern Europe that forms the components of NATO Project SfP-980468 has made solid contributions to the Workshop theme.