Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support Strategic Directions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bostrom, Ann (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), French, Steven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gottlieb, Sara (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Risk, Governance and Society ; 14
• Θέματα: Geotechnical engineering.; Application software.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental management.; Economic policy.; Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

The papers in this volume integrate results from current research efforts in earthquake engineering with research from the larger risk assessment community. The authors include risk and hazard researchers from the major U.S. hazard and earthquake centers and some from abroad as well as programmers a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A Brief History of Seismic Risk Assessment
• Perspectives on the History of Seismic Risk Assessment
• Strategic Directions in Seismic Modeling: HAZUS® Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning
• Perspectives on Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning
• Loss Estimation Models and Metrics
• Perspectives on Loss Estimation Models and Metrics
• Seismic Risk Mitigation Decisions Under Uncertainty
• Perspectives on Seismic Risk Mitigation Decisions Under Uncertainty
• Modeling Seismic Mitigation Strategies
• Perspectives on Modeling Seismic Mitigation Strategies
• Visualizing Uncertainty in Natural Hazards
• Perspectives on Visualizing Uncertainty in Natural Hazards
• Conclusion.