Earthquake Protection, Second Edition
Dr Andrew Coburn, Dr Robin Spence(auth.)Significantly revised and updated, this second edition continues to provide a comprehensive overview of how to reduce the impact of earthquakes on people and property, and implement best practice in managing the consequences of such disasters. It also includes significant coverage of the techniques of modelling earthquake catastrophe. Each chapter deals with a separate aspect of protection, and covers a wide range of economic and social conditions, drawing on the authors' considerable personal experience and with reference to real life examples.
Key features include:
- Recent event coverage
- Modern developments in the theory and practice of planning and engineering loss estimation techniques, along with new engineering techniques such as microzonation and hazard-mapping
- Historic buildings experience
- An entirely new chapter on 'Earthquakes and Finance'
This valuable book provides essential reading for earthquake and structural engineers and geoscientists, as well as insurers and loss prevention specialists, risk managers and assessors involved in managing earthquake risk, urban and regional planners, and emergency management agencies.
Content:Chapter 1 Earthquakes, Disasters and Protection (pages 1–36):
Chapter 2 The Costs of Earthquakes (pages 37–69):
Chapter 3 Preparedness for Earthquakes (pages 71–89):
Chapter 4 The Earthquake Emergency (pages 91–139):
Chapter 5 Recovering from Earthquakes (pages 141–176):
Chapter 6 Strategies for Earthquake Protection (pages 177–232):
Chapter 7 Site Selection and Seismic Hazard Assessment (pages 233–261):
Chapter 8 Improving Earthquake Resistance of Buildings (pages 263–309):
Chapter 9 Earthquake Risk Modelling (pages 311–352):
Chapter 10 Risk Mitigation in Action (pages 353–384):