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

• Pubblicazione: Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (99 p.)
• Disciplina: 624
• Soggetto topico: Civil engineering; Natural disasters - Risk assessment; Hazard mitigation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: UddinNasim AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930->
• 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 Natureâ€?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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Disaster risk assessment and mitigation
• ISBN: 0-7844-7265-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458695703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Monograph (ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management) ; ; no. 2.