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Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk
. Ed(S): Tucker, B.E.; Erdik, Mustafa Ozder; Hwang, Christina N.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Tucker, B.E.; Erdik, Mustafa Ozder; Hwang, Christina N. Series: NATO Science Series E:. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBK; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is, increasingly, a problem of developing countries. In 1950, one in four of the people living in the world's fifty largest cities was earthquake-threatened, while in the year 2000, about one in two will be. Further, ofthose people living in earthquake-threatened cities in 1950, about two in three were located in developing countries, while in the year 2000, about nine in ten will be. Unless urban seismic safety is improved, particularly in developing countries, future earthquakes will have ever more disastrous social and economic consequences. In July 1992, an international meeting was organized ... Read more
Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is, increasingly, a problem of developing countries. In 1950, one in four of the people living in the world's fifty largest cities was earthquake-threatened, while in the year 2000, about one in two will be. Further, ofthose people living in earthquake-threatened cities in 1950, about two in three were located in developing countries, while in the year 2000, about nine in ten will be. Unless urban seismic safety is improved, particularly in developing countries, future earthquakes will have ever more disastrous social and economic consequences. In July 1992, an international meeting was organized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series E:
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048144198
SKU
V9789048144198
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