TY - GEN N2 - Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last few years important work has been carried out on a number of recent events (including earthquakes in Kocaeli, Turkey 1999, Niigata Japan, 2004, Sichuan, China 2008 and L'Aquila, Italy 2009). These events have created new and detailed casualty data, which has not until now been properly assembled and evaluated. This book draws the. AB - Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last few years important work has been carried out on a number of recent events (including earthquakes in Kocaeli, Turkey 1999, Niigata Japan, 2004, Sichuan, China 2008 and L'Aquila, Italy 2009). These events have created new and detailed casualty data, which has not until now been properly assembled and evaluated. This book draws the. T1 - Human casualties in earthquakesprogress in modelling and mitigation / DA - c2011. CY - Dordrecht ; CY - New York : AU - Spence, R. J. S. AU - So, Emily. AU - Scawthorn, Charles. CN - EBSCOhost CN - QE539.2.S34 PB - Springer, PP - Dordrecht ; PP - New York : PY - c2011. ID - 445827 KW - Earthquake hazard analysis. KW - Mass casualties. SN - 9789048194551 (electronic bk.) SN - 9048194555 (electronic bk.) TI - Human casualties in earthquakesprogress in modelling and mitigation / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=371620 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=371620 ER -