Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification

• Main Author: Bignami, Daniele Fabrizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geographical information systems.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Sustainable development.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Sustainable Development.; Urbanism.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Building Construction.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be mor...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Along the research path
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Territory, buildings, sustainability and disaster risks: the necessity of new answers
• Chapter 2 Choices in developing the PRED certification scheme
• Chapter 3 Definition of the PRED rating and labelling system
• Chapter 4 Auditing and analytical procedure for risk assessment
• Concluding considerations: can we succeed in limiting the consequences of calamities?
• Bibliography.