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Chapter 1 - Remote Sensing for Disaster Response: A Rapid, Image-Based Perspective
Charles Huyck, Enrica Verrucci and John Bevington
Pages 1-24 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 2 - The Capabilities of Earth Observation to Contribute along the Risk Cycle
H. Taubenböck, C. Geiß, ... M. Eineder
Pages 25-53 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 3 - Disaster-Risk Reduction through the Training of Masons and Public Information Campaigns: Experience of SDC's “Competence Centre for Reconstruction” in Haiti
Tom Schacher
Pages 55-69 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 4 - The Most Useful Countermeasure Against Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis—What We Learned From Interviews of 164 Tsunami Survivors
Mizuho Ishida and Masataka Ando
Pages 71-101 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 5 - Aggravated Earthquake Risk in South Asia: Engineering versus Human Nature
Roger Bilham
Pages 103-141 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 6 - Ten Years of Real-time Earthquake Loss Alerts
Max Wyss
Pages 143-165 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 7 - Forecasting Seismic Risk as an Earthquake Sequence Happens
J. Douglas Zechar, Marcus Herrmann, ... Stefan Wiemer
Pages 167-182 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 8 - How to Render Schools Safe in Developing Countries?
Amod M. Dixit, Surya P. Acharya, ... Ranjan Dhungel
Pages 183-202 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 9 - The Socioeconomic Impact of Earthquake Disasters
James E. Daniell
Pages 203-236 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 10 - The Contribution of Paleoseismology to Earthquake Hazard Evaluations
Mustapha Meghraoui and Kuvvet Atakan
Pages 237-271 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 11 - The Role of Microzonation in Estimating Earthquake Risk
Imtiyaz A. Parvez and Philippe Rosset
Pages 273-308 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 12 - Why are the Standard Probabilistic Methods of Estimating Seismic Hazard and Risks Too Often Wrong
Giuliano Panza, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, ... Anastasia Nekrasova
Pages 309-357 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 13 - The Continued Utility of Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Assessment
Mark W. Stirling
Pages 359-376 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 14 - Precarious Rocks: Providing Upper Limits on Past Ground Shaking from Earthquakes
John G. Anderson, Glenn P. Biasi and James N. Brune
Pages 377-403 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 15 - Quantifying Improvements in Earthquake-Rupture Forecasts through Testable Models
Danijel Schorlemmer and Matthew C. Gerstenberger
Pages 405-429 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 16 - Duties of Earthquake Forecast: Cases and Lessons in China
Zhongliang Wu
Pages 431-448 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 17 - The Experience of Real-Time Earthquake Predictions on Kamchatka
Gennady Sobolev and Victor Chebrov
Pages 449-475 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 18 - Times of Increased Probabilities for Occurrence of Catastrophic Earthquakes: 25 Years of Hypothesis Testing in Real Time
Vladimir G. Kossobokov
Pages 477-504 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 19 - Review of the Nationwide Earthquake Early Warning in Japan during Its First Five Years
Mitsuyuki Hoshiba
Pages 505-529 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 20 - To What Extent Can Engineering Reduce Seismic Risk?
Stavros V. Tolis
Pages 531-541 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 21 - Decision Making under Uncertainty: Insuring and Reinsuring Earthquake Risk
Gero W. Michel
Pages 543-568 - Book chapterNo access
Index
Pages 569-582
About the book
Description
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.
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.
Key Features
- 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
- 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
Details
ISBN
978-0-12-394848-9
Language
English
Published
2014
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Academic Press