Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings' Resistance Certification

Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be mor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bignami, Daniele Fabrizio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
Temas:
Natural disasters.
Sustainability.
Sociology, Urban.
Security systems.
Buildings-Design and construction.
Geographic information systems.
Natural Hazards.
Urban Sociology.
Security Science and Technology.
Building Construction and Design.
Geographical Information System.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Along the research path
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Territory, buildings, sustainability and disaster risks: the necessity of new answers
  • Chapter 2 Choices in developing the PRED certification scheme
  • Chapter 3 Definition of the PRED rating and labelling system
  • Chapter 4 Auditing and analytical procedure for risk assessment
  • Concluding considerations: can we succeed in limiting the consequences of calamities?
  • Bibliography.

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