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Category : Structural engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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MCEER Bulletin
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Category : Structural engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Dynamics of Risk
Author: Louise K. ComfortPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Earthquakes are a huge global threat. In thirty-six countries, severe seismic risks threaten populations and their increasingly interdependent systems of transportation, communication, energy, and finance. In this important book, Louise Comfort provides an unprecedented examination of how twelve communities in nine countries responded to destructive earthquakes between 1999 and 2015. And many of the book’s lessons can also be applied to other large-scale risks. The Dynamics of Risk sets the global problem of seismic risk in the framework of complex adaptive systems to explore how the consequences of such events ripple across jurisdictions, communities, and organizations in complex societies, triggering unexpected alliances but also exposing social, economic, and legal gaps. The book assesses how the networks of organizations involved in response and recovery adapted and acted collectively after the twelve earthquakes it examines. It describes how advances in information technology enabled some communities to anticipate seismic risk better and to manage response and recovery operations more effectively, decreasing losses. Finally, the book shows why investing substantively in global information infrastructure would create shared awareness of seismic risk and make postdisaster relief more effective and less expensive. The result is a landmark study of how to improve the way we prepare for and respond to earthquakes and other disasters in our ever-more-complex world.
Seismological Research Letters
Author: The Facts on File Guide to Research
Author: Jeff LenburgPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438110405
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
The Facts On File Guide to Research is a comprehensive guide to doing thorough and accurate research. It includes a detailed listing of available resources and explains general research methods and proper citation of sources. An invaluable reference, this book helps researchers make use of the many new resources available today. Divided into four sections, this easy-to-use guide helps students and general readers prepare for research papers and class studies. Step-by-step guides, detailed explanations, and valuable appendixes covering style guides, such as APA. MLA, and The Chicago Manual of Style, combine to create an incredibly authoritative accessible reference.
Government Research Directory
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
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GIS Newsletter
Author: Geoscience Information SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Real Dirt on Liquefaction
Author: Jeanne B. PerkinsPublisher:
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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Research Centers Directory
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Research institutes, foundations, centers, bureaus, laboratories, experiment stations, and other similar nonprofit facilities, organizations, and activities in the United States and Canada. Entry gives identifying and descriptive information of staff and work. Institutional, research centers, and subject indexes. 5th ed., 5491 entries; 6th ed., 6268 entries.
Performance-based Seismic Bridge Design
Author: M. Lee MarshPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309223806
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 440, Performance-Based Seismic Bridge Design (PBSD) summarizes the current state of knowledge and practice for PBSD. PBSD is the process that links decision making for facility design with seismic input, facility response, and potential facility damage. The goal of PBSD is to provide decision makers and stakeholders with data that will enable them to allocate resources for construction based on levels of desired seismic performance"--Publisher's description.