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 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (99 p.) |
Disciplina | 624 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
UddinNasim
AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930-> |
Collana | ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management monograph |
Soggetto topico |
Civil engineering
Natural disasters - Risk assessment Hazard mitigation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7265-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation""; ""Chapter 2 Surviving Nature�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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458695703321 |
Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for natural hazards [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nasim Uddin, Alfredo H.S. Ang |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, : ASCE, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (94 p.) |
Disciplina | 624.1/7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AngAlfredo Hua-Sing <1930->
UddinNasim |
Collana | Monograph / ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management |
Soggetto topico |
Civil engineering - Decision making
Natural disasters - Risk assessment Quantitative research Structural analysis (Engineering) - Approximation methods System safety - Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7637-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462552803321 |
Reston, : ASCE, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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