Earthquake Hazards

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

300 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Earthquake Hazards: Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Second Edition presents the latest scientific developments in earthquake and seismic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geoscientific approach to the topic and contains new insights about how earthquakes and seismic activity can trigger landslides and volcanic activity. This new edition provides 11 new chapters, including a brand-new section devoted to case studies from a variety of earthquake-prone parts of the world. Users will find a thorough, technical treatment of the topic that will be of benefit to researchers and academics in universities, research institutes, geological surveys and hazard management organizations.

• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Umwelt Naturkatastrophen
• ISBN: 9780323916677
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2023
• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Herausgegeben von: Rasoul Sorkhabi