Disaster Resilient Cities - Concepts and Practical Examples (Paperback)

Disaster Resilient Cities: Concepts and Practical Examples discusses natural disasters, their complexity, and the exploration of different ways of thinking regarding the resilience of structures. The book provides a blueprint for structural designers to better prepare structures for all types of natural hazards during the design stage. Brief and readable, this book analyzes various examples of disaster damage from earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods, together with their causal mechanisms. Practical methods to plan and design structures based on their regions, cities, as well as the particular countermeasures are also included for study.

General

Imprint:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Yoshitsugu Hayashi • Yasuhiro Suzuki • Shinji Sato • Kenichi Tsukahara
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-809862-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Occupational / industrial health & safety Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Structural engineering > General
LSN:	0-12-809862-7
Barcode:	9780128098622

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