Engineering for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation

Earthquake and tsunami disasters have been increasing rapidly and globally in the last quarter-century. The purpose of this book is to provide essential knowledge and information on the mitigation of earthquakes and tsunamis for graduate students, young researchers, and geotechnical engineers. It be...

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Main Author: Hamada, Masanori (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Earthquake and tsunami disasters have been increasing rapidly and globally in the last quarter-century. The purpose of this book is to provide essential knowledge and information on the mitigation of earthquakes and tsunamis for graduate students, young researchers, and geotechnical engineers. It begins by presenting recent cases of earthquakes that have occurred in the world, referring to tsunamis and soil liquefaction and how to cope with such disasters. The final chapter  proposes strategies for disaster mitigation against in Japan earthquakes and tsunamis in the future.
Physical Description:XIX, 328 p. 354 illus., 237 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9784431548928
ISSN:1866-8755