Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters

. Ed(s): Wyss, Max

ISBN 10: 0123948487 / ISBN 13: 9780123948489

Published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 2014

About this Item

Editor(s): Wyss, Max. Num Pages: 606 pages, Approx. 200 illustrations (200 in full color). BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1114. . 2014. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123948487
• ISBN 13: 9780123948489
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

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.

• Contains contributions from expert seismologists, geologists, engineers and geophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board
• Presents the latest research on seismic hazard and risk assessment, economic impacts, fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation
• Includes numerous illustrations, maps, diagrams and tables addressing earthquake risk reduction
• Features new insights and reviews of earthquake prediction, forecasting and early warning, as well as basic tools to deal with earthquake risk

About the Author

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.