Climate Change and Its Impacts : Risks and Inequalities / / edited by Colleen Murphy, Paolo Gardoni, Robert McKim |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Collana | Climate Change Management |
Soggetto topico |
Climate change
International environmental law Environmental economics Environmental sociology Environmental sciences—Philosophy Climate Change Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts International Environmental Law Environmental Economics Environmental Sociology Environmental Philosophy |
ISBN | 3-319-77544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Introduction -- Part II: The Paris Agreement, Policy and Climate Justice -- Part III: Natural Hazards, Resilience and Mitigation -- Part IV: Responding to Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation -- Part V: Responding to Climate Change: Priorities, Perspectives, and Solutions. |
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Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World / / edited by Colleen Murphy, Paolo Gardoni, Hassan Bashir, Charles E. Harris, Jr., Eyad Masad |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 620.0023 |
Collana | Philosophy of Engineering and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Philosophy
Engineering design Philosophy of Technology Engineering Design |
ISBN | 3-319-18260-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: Ethical Issues in a Globalized World -- Chapter 1: US Engagement in International Activity in Engineering Ethics; Rachelle Hollander -- Chapter 2: Global Engineering and National Technology Policies: Is There a Conflict?; Hal Salzman and Leonard Lynn -- Chapter 3: International Ethics and Failures: Case Studies; Norb Delatte -- Chapter 4: “Global Engineering Ethics”: Re-inventing the Wheel?; Michael Davis -- Chapter 5: Social, Cultural, Political, and Religious Constraints on Designing an Ethnical Framework for Engineering in a Global Context; Noreen Sugrue and Tim McCarthy -- Chapter 6: The Significance of Context in the Reconstitution of Notions of Moral Responsibility in Engineering Ethics; Muhammad Haris -- Chapter 7: Foundations of Global Ethics for Engineering; Peter Kilpatrick -- Chapter 8: International Ethics: A Case Study in the Construction Industry; George Wang -- Chapter 9: Engineering and Climate Change: Why the Choice of Ethical Perspective Matters; Khalid Mir -- Chapter 10: Enriching Engineering Ethics with Development Ethics: A Proposal to Draw on the CA; Ilse Oosterlaken -- Chapter 11: Importance of Professional Ethics to Information Technology; Sajjad Mohsin and Sadaf Sajjad -- Chapter 12: Resources for Overcoming the Challenges of Teaching Engineering Ethics in an International Context; Brock Barry -- Chapter 13: Responsible Conduct of Research Training for Engineers: Adapting Research Ethics Training for Engineering Graduate Students; Sara Jordan and Philip Gray -- Chapter 14: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Engineering Ethics Education: Chile and United States; Ruth I. Murrugarra and William A. Wallace -- Chapter 15: Integrating the Ethics Dimension in Undergraduate Teaching in the College of Engineering at Qatar University: Challenges and Future Outlook; Ramazan Kahraman and Majeda Khraisheh -- Chapter 16: Training Responsible Engineers for Global Contexts; William Frey -- Chapter 17: Toward a Global Engineering (Ethics) Curriculum; Eugene Moriarty. |
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Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering / / edited by Paolo Gardoni, James M. LaFave |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 573 p. 243 illus., 165 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 690 |
Soggetto topico |
Buildings—Design and construction
Building Construction Engineering, Architectural Engineering geology Engineering—Geology Foundations Hydraulics Natural disasters Sustainable development Building Construction and Design Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics Natural Hazards Sustainable Development |
ISBN | 3-319-29713-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Introduction -- 1. An Introduction to Multi-Hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering -- Part II. Probabilistic Methods for Risk Analysis -- 2. Correlated Maps for Regional Multi-Hazard Analysis: Ideas for a Novel Approach -- 3. Supporting Life-Cycle Management of Bridges Through Multi-Hazard Reliability and Risk Assessment -- 4. Natural Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment Through Surrogate Modeling -- 5. Risk and decision-Making for Extreme Events: Climate Change and Terrorism -- Part III. Earthquakes -- 6. Progressive Collapse Simulation of Vulnerable Reinforced Concrete Buildings -- 7. Existing Buildings: The New Italian Provisions for Probabilistic Seismic Assessment -- 8. Multi-Hazard Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Systems with Isolated Floors Under Seismic and Wind Demands -- 9. Energy Efficiency and Disaster Resilience: a Common Approach -- Part IV. Fire, Blast, Shock and Impact -- 10. Fire Following Earthquake: Historical Events and Evaluation Framework -- 11. Progressive Collapse Resistance for Steel Building Frames: a Cascading Multi-Hazard Approach with Subsequent Fire -- 12. Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Fire Performance of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Structures -- 13. Experimental and Analysis Methods for Blast Mitigating Designs in Civil Infrastructure -- Part V. Wind Hazards -- 14. Woodframe Residential Buildings in Windstorms: Past Performance and New Directions -- 15. An Engineering-Based Catastrophe Model to Predict Tornado Damage -- 16. Performance-Based Hurricane Engineering: A Multi-Hazard Approach -- 17. Wall of Wind Research and Testing to Enhance Resilience of Civil Infrastructure to Hurricane Multi-Hazards -- Part VI. Geo-Hazards -- 18. Accounting for Unknown Unknowns in Managing Multi-Hazard Risks -- 19. Bayesian Risk Assessment of a Tsunamigenic Rockslide at Åknes Norway -- 20. Rock Moisture Dynamics, Preferential Fow, and the Stability of Hillside Slopes -- 21. Innovation in Instrumentation, Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure -- Part VII. Societal Impact of Extreme Events -- 22. Theories of Risk Management and Multiple Hazards -- 23. Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Earthquake-Prone Cities -- 24. Disaster Resilience of Communities: The Role of the Built Environment -- 25. Digital Technologies, Complex Systems, and Extreme Events: Measuring Change in Policy Networks. |
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Resilient Structures and Infrastructure / / edited by Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, Izuru Takewaki, Tony Y. Yang, Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Paolo Gardoni |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 494 p. 248 illus., 177 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 628.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Fire prevention
Natural disasters Mechanics Mechanics, Applied Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety Natural Hazards Solid Mechanics |
ISBN | 981-13-7446-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Application of Steel Shear Walls toward more Resilient Structures -- Resilience of the Built Environment: A Methodology to Estimate the Downtime of Building Structures Using Fuzzy Logic -- Resilient Design of Buildings with Hysteretic Energy Dissipation Devices as Seismic Fuses -- Improvement of Building Resilience by Viscous Dampers -- Earthquake Risk Management Systems and their Applications for Building Seismic-Resilient Communities -- Making Homes More Resilient to Flooding: A New Hybrid Approach -- Resilience-Based Design for Blast Risk Mitigation: Learning from Natural Disasters -- Seismic Mitigation Framework for Non-Engineered Masonry Buildings in Developing Countries: Application to Malawi in The East African Rift -- Double and Triple Impulses for Capturing Critical Elastic-Plastic Response Properties and Robustness of Building Structures under Near-Fault Ground Motions -- Multi-Objective Performance-Based Design Optimization of a Controlled Rocking Steel Braced Frame System -- Seismic Performance Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Columns in Regions of Low to Moderate Seismicity. |
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Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards : Interdisciplinary Challenges and Integrated Solutions / / edited by Paolo Gardoni, Colleen Murphy, Arden Rowell |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Collana | Risk, Governance and Society |
Soggetto topico |
Economic policy
Quality control Reliability Industrial safety Natural disasters Public policy International environmental law Philosophy R & D/Technology Policy Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Natural Hazards Public Policy International Environmental Law Philosophy of Technology |
ISBN | 3-319-22126-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Risk Assessment: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Future Challenges: Impact of Climate Change -- Risk Evaluation: Theoretical Frameworks -- Risk Management: Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Risk Management: Decision Frameworks. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254871903321 |
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Risk and Reliability Analysis: Theory and Applications : In Honor of Prof. Armen Der Kiureghian / / edited by Paolo Gardoni |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 559 p. 241 illus.) |
Disciplina | 620.00452 |
Collana | Springer Series in Reliability Engineering |
Soggetto topico |
Quality control
Reliability Industrial safety Probabilities Statistics Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
ISBN | 9783319524252 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Risk and Reliability Analysis -- Structural System Reliability, Reloaded -- Global Buckling Reliability Analysis of Slender Network Arch Bridges: An Application of Monte Carlo-based Estimation by Optimized Fitting -- Review of Quantitative Reliability Methods for Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines -- An Intuitive Basis of the Probability Density Evolution Method (PDEM) for Stochastic Dynamics -- The Tail Equivalent Linearization Method for Nonlinear Stochastic Processes, Genesis and Developments -- Estimate of Small First Passage Probabilities of Nonlinear Random Vibration Systems -- Generation of Non-synchronous Earthquake Signals -- Seismic Response Analysis with Spatially Varying Stochastic Excitation -- Application of CQC Method to Seismic Response Control with Viscoelastic Dampers. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254174503321 |
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