Urban disaster mitigation : the role of engineering and technology /

Great loss of human life, structural damage, and social and economic upheaval occur repeatedly due to such natural hazards as earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, landslides, floods and tsunamis. Both the US and Taiwan, along with many other countries, have a history of such occurrences and a common n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cheng, Franklin Y., Sheu, Maw Shyong
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, OX, UK ; Tarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A. : Elsevier, 1995.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Earthquake engineering > Congresses.
Natural disasters > Congresses.
Earthquake hazard analysis > Congresses.
Landslides > Congresses.
Flood control > Congresses.
G�enie parasismique > Congr�es.
Catastrophes naturelles > Congr�es.
Risques sismiques > Congr�es.
Inondations > Ma�itrise > Congr�es.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Structural.
Earthquake engineering
Earthquake hazard analysis
Flood control
Landslides
Natural disasters
Sismologia.
Structures > Stress (Mechanics)
United States
Taiwan (China)
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface. Symposium/Workshop Activities. Resolutions. Seismology. Earthquake Engineering. Landslides and Rockslides. Flood Engineering. Socio-Economic Impact. Index of Contributors.

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