Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation : Arrival of the South Asia Tsunami Wave in Thailand /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ang, Alfredo, Uddin, Nasim
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.
Subjects:	Civil engineering. Civil engineering Risk management Natural disasters Mitigation and remediation Tsunamis Disaster preparedness Developing countries Disasters and hazards Infrastructure Asia Thailand Los Angeles California United States China Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation""; ""Chapter 2 Surviving Natureâ€?s Forces: Can Civil Engineers Build Safe Communities?""; ""Disaster Risk Assessment for Hazard Mitigation""; ""Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Quantitative Risk Assessment for Natural Hazard Mitigation""; ""Reducing the Effects of Hazards""; ""Chapter 4 Port of Los Angeles Risk Management Strategies""; ""System Evaluation for Hazard Mitigation""; ""Chapter 5 Surviving Natural Forces from Taiwanese Civil Engineers Perspective""; ""Lesson Learned from Recent Disasters""
""Chapter 6 Lessons Learned from the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Quake and Tsunami""""Construction Challenges""; ""Chapter 7 Achievements and Challenges of China Construction""; ""Political Commitment to Disaster Mitigation""; ""Chapter 8 Preparing for the Big One""; ""Short Biographies of Contributing Authors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""