Human casualties in earthquakes [electronic resource] : progress in modelling and mitigation / editors, Robin Spence, Emily So, Charles Scawthorn.

9789048194551 (electronic bk.)
9048194555 (electronic bk.)

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.

English

1 online resource (xvii, 318 p.) : ill., maps.

QE539.2.S34 H86 2011

363.34/95

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 29.

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