Since The Publication Of The Successful first edition of
Earthquake Protection There Have Been 110 Earthquakes lethal, killing 130 000 people, There Have Been Significant aussi Developments in the field of earthquake risk management, particularly In The modeling and analysis of risk for Insurance and Financial Services . Furthermore, major earthquake disasters, Such as the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California, The 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan & the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake in Turkey Have occurred. The Experience and Knowledge Gained Through These events o Have Improved understanding of how to manage, and work Mitigate Towards the prevention of similar catastrophes. The 1990s Were In Fact The costliest decade we record in terms of disaster management due to seismic Such events, unprecedented pressure Placing On The Insurance Industry in Particular, and Changing icts view of earthquake protection.
Significantly revised and updated, this second edition continues to Provide a comprehensive overview of how to Reduce the Impact of Earthquakes are people and property, and Implementation Best Practices in Managing the Consequences of Such disasters. It includes "significant coverage aussi Of The technical modeling of earthquake disaster. Each chapter Deal 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 references 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 book provides essential reading Valuable 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.
Alita Sykes says...
Not too much to say, except that the book is very much overpriced. The book is probably worth a third of what it's selling for. If the price were lower, this book would definitely be on my bookshelf!
Posted on March 9, 2011
