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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462552803321

Titolo

Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for natural hazards [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nasim Uddin, Alfredo H.S. Ang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, : ASCE, c2011

ISBN

0-7844-7637-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Collana

Monograph / ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management ; ; no. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930->

UddinNasim

Disciplina

624.1/7

Soggetti

Civil engineering - Decision making

Natural disasters - Risk assessment

Quantitative research

Structural analysis (Engineering) - Approximation methods

System safety - Mathematics

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: An Application of Quantitative Risk Assessment in Infrastructures Engineering""; ""Chapter 2: Quantitative Risk Analysis Applied to Dams""; ""Chapter 3: Risk Assessment for Wind Hazards""; ""Chapter 4: Quantitative Earthquake Risk Assessment""; ""Chapter 5: Risk Assessment for Bridge Decision-Making""; ""Chapter 6: An All-Hazards Methodology for Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Analysis""; ""Chapter 7: A Methodology for the Risk Analysis and Management of Protected Hurricane-Prone Regions""; ""Index""