Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0123948487 ISBN 13 : 9780123948489

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rasoul Sorkhabi joined the Energy & Geoscience Institute and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah as a Research Professor in 2003. Prior to EGI, he worked for the Japan National Oil Corporation and Arizona State University. Rasoul holds B.Sc. and M.Sc.degrees in Geology from India and a Ph.D. in Geology from Japan. Rasoul has over two decades of academic and industry experience, and has worked on projects in various parts of the world, from the fold-and-thrust belts through Tethys and Gondwana to deepwater toe-thrusts. Focus regions include Asia and theMiddle East, Africa, and North America. Rasoul has served as a contributing editor and on the editorial board for numerous journals and committees and has published and presented hundreds of papers in leading journals and notable books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0123948487
• ISBN 13: 9780123948489
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 606
• Éditeur: Sorkhabi Rasoul
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie