Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gardoni, Paolo (Editor), LaFave, James M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Natural disasters.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Sustainable development.; Building Construction.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Natural Hazards.; Sustainable Development.

This collection focuses on the development of novel approaches to address one of the most pressing challenges of civil engineering, namely the mitigation of natural hazards. Numerous engineering books to date have focused on, and illustrate considerable progress toward, mitigation of individual haza...