Risk assessment, modeling and decision support : strategic decisions /

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Imprint:Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 332 p.) : ill., maps (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Risk, governance and society ; v. 14
Risk, Governance and Society ; v. 14.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8885218
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Other authors / contributors:Bostrom, Ann.
French, Steven P.
Gottlieb, Sara J.
ISBN:9783540711582
3540711589
3540711570
9783540711575
9786611216634
6611216634
Notes:"The volume is the product of a workshop held in Boulder, Colorado in July 2006"--P. 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:"The papers in this volume integrate results from current research efforts in earthquake engineering with research from the larger risk assessment community. The authors include risk and hazard researchers from the major U.S. hazard and earthquake centers and some from abroad as well as programmers and analysts from leading insurance and risk assessment firms. The introductory chapter provides an historical overview of the rise of risk assessment in the U.S., with particular emphasis on the role of seismic risk assessment. Four key components of risk assessment and decision support software are analyzed in detail in the remaining papers: treatment of uncertainty, loss assessment, modeling of seismic mitigation strategies, and visualization of risk and uncertainty. The volume lays out a road map for future developments in risk modeling and decision support and positions earthquake engineering research within the family of risk analysis tools and techniques."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Risk assessment, modeling and decision support. Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2008 3540711570 9783540711575