Earthquakes and Their Impact on Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book provides an integrated approach to the assessment of seismic hazards. The reduction of losses expected by future earthquakes is probably the most important contribution of seismology to society. Large earthquakes occurred in densely populated areas highlight the dramatic inadequacy of a massive portion of the buildings demonstrating the high risks of modern industrial societies. Building earthquake-resistant structures and retrofitting old buildings on a national scale can be extremely expensive and can represent an economic challenge even for developed western countries. Earthquakes can cause also several psychological problems due to the fact that such kind of disasters will result in casualties, collapsing of houses, strategic buildings and facilities and deeply affect a community. Moreover in our society it is necessary to properly plan emergency responses and rescues taking into account any possible secondary effect in order to avoid more casualties.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Natural Hazards
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Sebastiano D'Amico
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	706
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-21752-9
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geological surface processes (geomorphology) > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-21752-6
Barcode:	9783319217529

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