Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Earthquake Recovery
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
After Great Disasters
Author: Laurie A. JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781558443310
Category : Crisis management
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Great natural disasters are rare, but their aftermath can change the fortunes of a city or region forever. This book and its companion Policy Focus Report identify lessons from different parts of the world to help communities and government leaders better organize for recovery after future disasters. The authors consider the processes and outcomes of community recovery and reconstruction following major disasters in six countries: China, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. Post-disaster reconstruction offers opportunities to improve construction and design standards, renew infrastructure, create new land use arrangements, reinvent economies, and improve governance. If done well, reconstruction can help break the cycle of disaster-related impacts and losses, and improve the resilience of a city or region.
Earthquake Recovery
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788106804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Author: F.Y. ChengPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080539300
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Damage assessment, rehabilitation, decision-making, social consequences, repair and reconstruction; these are all critical factors for considerations following natural disasters such as earthquakes. In order to address these issues, the United States of America and the Peoples Republic of China regularly organize bilateral symposia/workshops to investigate multiple hazard mitigation, particularly with respect to earthquake engineering. This book contains state-of-the-art reports presented by world-renowned researchers at the US/PRC Sympsosium Workshop on Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction held in Kunming, Yunnan, China, May 1995. The following key areas are addressed: damage assessment of structures after earthquakes; lessons of post-earthquake recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, including public policy, land use options, urban planning, and design; issues in and examples of decision-making, and implementation of rehabilitation and reconstruction plans and policies; repair, strengthening, retrofit and control of structures and lifeline systems, post-earthquake socio-economic problems covering issues of relief and recovery; human and organizational behavior during emergency response, and strategies for improvement; real-time monitoring of earthquake response and damage.
The Northridge Earthquake
Author: Robert BolinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134682336
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book provides a global view of the social effects of disaster in developed and developing countries. It focuses on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in the US and other recent disasters to examine vulnerability and post-disaster recovery strategies. The authors also explore the ways state policy can reduce vulnerability in the future.
Household and Community Recovery After Earthquakes
Author: Robert C. BolinPublisher: Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Recovering from Earthquakes
Author: Shirish B. PatelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041556297X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book covers the experience of recent earthquakes in India and what has been learnt in the process of managing the aftermath in each case. This includes immediate medical attention, long-term mental healthcare, and reconstructing housing and infrastructure in rural and urban areas.
Recovering from Earthquakes
Author: Shirish PatelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113651807X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Earthquakes come without warming, and often cause massive devastation, resulting not only in the loss of property but also of lives. Many of the survivors suffer from intense and lasting psychological trauma. This book covers the experience of recent earthquakes in India, and what has been learnt (and what we have failed to learn) in the process of managing the aftermath in each case. This includes immediate medical attention, long-term mental health care, and the reconstruction of housing and infrastructure in both rural and urban areas. The experiences of the contributors, many of whom have actively contributed their expertise to disaster management and recovery, help us understand what problems require a swift response and which aspects should be based on detailed analyses keeping in mind local conditions. Reconstruction is seen as offering an opportunity to rebuild society such that all sections of the population are empowered and brought into the community’s decision-making process. It is also an opportunity to develop construction techniques that are suited to local materials and skills but are also more earthquake-resistant than the old. And finally, there is the realisation that the best first responders are local community groups which need to be nurtured, and trained in crisis management and risk mitigation.
Residential Earthquake Recovery
Author: Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millennium
Author: Y.X. HuPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351453971
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This volume comprises papers presented at the China-US Millennium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, held in Beijing, China, on November 8-11, 2000. This conference provides a forum for advancing the field of earthquake engineering through multi-lateral cooperation.