Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters

606 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Umwelt Naturkatastrophen
• ISBN: 9780123948489
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.07.2014
• Größe: 237 x 162 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Herausgegeben von: Rasoul Sorkhabi