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UNINA9910458695703321 |
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Titolo |
Disaster risk assessment and mitigation [[electronic resource] ] : arrival of tsunami wave in Thailand / / edited by Nasim Uddin, Alfredo Ang |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (99 p.) |
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Collana |
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ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management monograph ; ; no. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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UddinNasim |
AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civil engineering |
Natural disasters - Risk assessment |
Hazard mitigation |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation""; ""Chapter 2 Surviving Natureà‚€?s Forces: Can Civil Engineers Build Safe Communities?""; ""Disaster Risk Assessment for Hazard Mitigation""; ""Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Quantitative Risk Assessment for Natural Hazard Mitigation""; ""Reducing the Effects of Hazards""; ""Chapter 4 Port of Los Angeles Risk Management Strategies""; ""System Evaluation for Hazard Mitigation""; ""Chapter 5 Surviving Natural Forces from Taiwanese Civil Engineers Perspective""; ""Lesson Learned from Recent Disasters"" |
""Chapter 6 Lessons Learned from the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Quake and Tsunami""""Construction Challenges""; ""Chapter 7 Achievements and Challenges of China Construction""; ""Political Commitment to Disaster Mitigation""; ""Chapter 8 Preparing for the Big One""; ""Short Biographies of Contributing Authors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W"" |
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