Engineering for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation
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Beschreibung
Earthquake and tsunami disasters have been increasing rapidly and globally in the last quarter-century. The purpose of this book is to provide essential knowledge and information on the mitigation of earthquakes and tsunamis for graduate students, young researchers, and geotechnical engineers. It begins by presenting recent cases of earthquakes that have occurred in the world, referring to tsunamis and soil liquefaction and how to cope with such disasters. The final chapter proposes strategies for disaster mitigation against in Japan earthquakes and tsunamis in the future.
Earthquake and tsunami disasters have been increasing rapidly and globally in the last quarter-century. The purpose of this book is to provide essential knowledge and information on the mitigation of earthquakes and tsunamis for graduate students, young researchers, and geotechnical engineers. It begins by presenting recent cases of earthquakes that have occurred in the world, referring to tsunamis and soil liquefaction and how to cope with such disasters. The final chapter proposes strategies for disaster mitigation against in Japan earthquakes and tsunamis in the future.
Provides essential knowledge and information on mitigation of damage caused by earthquakes and tsunamis Focuses on earthquakes and tsunamis not only in Japan but worldwide Discusses the mechanism of soil liquefaction and countermeasures based on case studies Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Masanori Hamada
Themen in »Engineering for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation«
Disaster Prevention Disaster Vulnerability Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Resilient Society Soil Liquefaction Tsunami Disaster