Human casualties in earthquakes : progress in modelling and mitigation /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 318 p.) : ill., maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 29 Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 29.
Subject:	Earthquake hazard analysis. Mass casualties. Earthquake hazard analysis. Mass casualties.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8897252

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Other authors / contributors:	Spence, R. J. S. (Robin J. S.) So, Emily. Scawthorn, Charles.
ISBN:	9789048194551 (electronic bk.) 9048194555 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last few years important work has been carried out on a number of recent events (including earthquakes in Kocaeli, Turkey 1999, Niigata Japan, 2004, Sichuan, China 2008 and L'Aquila, Italy 2009). These events have created new and detailed casualty data, which has not until now been properly assembled and evaluated. This book draws the.

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