Earthquake Early Warning Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gasparini, Paolo (Editor), Manfredi, Gaetano (Editor), Zschau, Jochen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

During the past few decades, economic losses and human casualties due to natural disasters increased exponentially on our planet, mainly because of the increased density of population and industry in high hazard areas. Although the prediction of earthquakes is not practicable yet, the present techno...