Human Casualties in Earthquakes : Progress in Modelling and Mitigation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Spence, Robin. (Editor ), So, Emily. (Editor ), Scawthorn, Charles. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 29
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505 0 |a Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Earthquakes: an Epidemiological Perspective on Patterns and Trends -- 3. Earthquakes Casualty Research and Public Education -- 4. Disaster Casualties - Accounting for Economic Impacts and Diurnal Variation -- 5. A Global Earthquake Building Damage and Casualty Database -- 6. Earthquake Casualty Models within the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System -- 7. Loss Estimation Module in the Second Generation Software QLARM -- 8. Earthquake Casualties Estimation In Emergency Mode -- 9. Estimating Casualties for the Southern California Shakeout -- 10. Casualty Estimation due to Earthquakes: Injury Structure and Dynamics -- 11. Seismic Vulnerability and Collapse Probability Assessment of Buildings in Greece -- 12. Seismic Casualty Evaluation- the Italian Model an application to the L'Aquila 2009 Event -- 13. Mortality and Morbidity Risk in the L'Aquila, Italy Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Lessons to be Learned -- 14. Major Factors controlling Earthquake Casualties as revealed via a Diversified Questionnaire Survey in Ojiya City for the Mid-Niigata Earthquake -- 15. Advances in Casualty Modelling facilitated by the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System -- 16. Challenges in Collating Earthquake Casualty Field Data -- 17. Estimating Human Losses Earthquake Models: A Discussion -- 18. Trends in the Casualty Ratio of Injured to Fatalities in Earthquakes -- 19. Study of Damage to the Human Body caused by Earthquakes: Development of a Mannequin for the Thoracic Compression experiments and Cyber Dummy using Finite Element Method -- 20. A Different View on Human Vulnerability to Earthquakes: lessons from risk perception studies -- Index. 
650 0 |a Natural disasters. 
650 1 4 |a Natural Hazards. 
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700 1 |a So, Emily.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Scawthorn, Charles.  |e editor. 
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