InCIEC 2015
The special focus of these proceedings is on the areas of infrastructure engineering and...
EAN: 9789811090912
Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering
This collection focuses on the development of novel approaches to address one of the most...
EAN: 9783319806334
Natural Disasters, When Will They Reach Me?
The expected time of impact, also known as the mean first passage time (MFPT) to reach failure,...
EAN: 9789811093319
Natural Disasters in China
It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to...
EAN: 9783662570517
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities
EAN: 9783319803821
Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin
This pioneering book addresses the entirety of river flooding issues in the Upper Vistula Basin,...
EAN: 9783319824642
Resilience by Design
This book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, are essentially a human...
EAN: 9783319808574
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities
Communities armed with a spatial understanding of their resources, risks, strengths, weaknesses,...
EAN: 9783319808543
Risk Analysis and Management: Engineering Resilience
EAN: 9789811090639
1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt
EAN: 9783319806686
Exploring the Security Landscape: Non-Traditional Security Challenges
Chapters provide innovative thinking on themes including cyber security, maritime security,...
EAN: 9783319802404
Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows down Arbitrary Topography
Geophysical mass flows, such as landslides, avalanches or debris flows, are frequent mass...
EAN: 9783319791357
Active tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone
The author shows that the resulting tsunami would have the characteristics described by ancient...
EAN: 9783662507414
Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia
EAN: 9788132234180
Benchmark Analysis of Numerical Models for Tsunami Simulation
Provides information and benchmark problems to enable engineers and regulators to select the most...
EAN: 9789201284211
Superstorm 1950
In November 1950, the greatest storm of the twentieth century crippled the eastern United States,...
EAN: 9781612497976
Superstorm 1950
In November 1950, the greatest storm of the twentieth century crippled the eastern United States,...
EAN: 9781612497969
Gender and the Politics of Disaster Recovery
Drawing a transdisciplinary perspective, this book investigates the ways in which gender...
EAN: 9781032268354
Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development
Globally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats...
EAN: 9789811647673
Geological and Geo-Environmental Processes on Earth
This volume throws light on the applications of remote sensing, GIS (Geographical Information...
EAN: 9789811641213
Lightning
This book highlights the essential theoretical and practical aspects of lightning, lightning...
EAN: 9789811634390
Methodologies for Estimating the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
This book outlines methodologies to estimate the economic impacts of natural disasters based on...
EAN: 9789811627187
Housing Market Response to Sea-Level Rise in Florida
EAN: 9783030884345