Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk: Geo-Scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation--Developments, Tools, Techniques (Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering)

This book points out the need of a multidisciplinary approach in the field of risk assessment and management and provides an overview of the problems, approaches and common practices directly related to the preparation of earthquake emergency plans. It is written by a team of specialists in different disciplines, all them deeply involved in earthquake risk, with strong co-ordination among them in order to have more unity and continuity along the whole text. Each topic is illustrated with examples of actual applications taken from the bibliography ? including web sites with available relevant information. Case-studies and information on some relevant international projects are given.

It can be used as a text book for a specialized post-graduate course on the topic. Students and professionals with a basic education in geology, geophysics, geotechnical and civil engineering, system analysis, geography and architecture are in an optimal starting position to gain thorough background information in this topic using this volume as a reference book which includes an extensive list of references