Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wang, Fawu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Miyajima, Masakatsu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Li, Tonglu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shan, Wei (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fathani, Teuku Faisal (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Earth System Sciences.

This book includes the recent 10-year achievement of geo-disaster mitigation by leading Asian scientists from Japan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Iran and Far East of Russia. Case studies on recent occurred geo-disasters in Asian region have been presented. The forming mechanics of hazards such as earth...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Damage by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
• Geological prerequisites for landslide dams' disaster assessment and mitigation in Central Asia
• Social benefits of landslide prevention and mitigation in Hong Kong, China
• Advances of geo-disaster mitigation technologies in Taiwan
• The mechanisms for initiation and motion of Chinese loess landslides
• Geo-disaster and its mitigation in Nepal
• Hybrid socio-technical approach for landslide risk reduction in Indonesia
• Damage and recovery from the 1999 Chichi Earthquake in Taiwan
• Key factors influencing the mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China
• Strong ground motion prediction for scenario earthquakes
• Stability analysis of loess slopes based on reliability concepts
• Loess deposit and loess landslides on the Chinese loess plateau.