Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bostenaru Dan, Maria (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Armas, Iuliana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Goretti, Agostino (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Environmental Hazards
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Urban hazard, exposure and vulnerability
• Part II: Earthquake risk assessment
• Part III: Risk management
• Part IV Impact and Decision making tools.