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Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support: Strategic Directions (Risk, Governance and Society)
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Hardcover. Integrating results from current research in earthquake engineering and the risk assessment community, the authors include risk and hazard researchers from major U.S. earthquake centers with programmers and analysts from insurance and risk assessment firms. Four key components of risk assessment and decision support software are analyzed in detail. Editor(s): Bostrom, Ann (Georgia Institute of Technology); French, Steven P.; Gottlieb, Sara J. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 684.
1 2 Ann Bostrom , Steven P. French 1,2 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA st The first years of the 21 century brought horrific loss of life and property from earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. Briefly, the world focused on international disaster prevention, response and recovery. Terrorism loomed large as well, after 9–11, leading to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, and a plethora of related efforts globally. Many of these focus on the built environment. In the U.S. and elsewhere, large-scale infrastructure is stressed; roads, bridges, sewers, and dams built in the ... Read more
1 2 Ann Bostrom , Steven P. French 1,2 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA st The first years of the 21 century brought horrific loss of life and property from earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. Briefly, the world focused on international disaster prevention, response and recovery. Terrorism loomed large as well, after 9–11, leading to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, and a plethora of related efforts globally. Many of these focus on the built environment. In the U.S. and elsewhere, large-scale infrastructure is stressed; roads, bridges, sewers, and dams built in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Risk, Governance and Society
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540711575
SKU
V9783540711575
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