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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458695703321

Titolo

Disaster risk assessment and mitigation [[electronic resource] ] : arrival of tsunami wave in Thailand / / edited by Nasim Uddin, Alfredo Ang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009

ISBN

0-7844-7265-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 p.)

Collana

ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management monograph ; ; no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

UddinNasim

AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930->

Disciplina

624

Soggetti

Civil engineering

Natural disasters - Risk assessment

Hazard mitigation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""