TY - BOOK ID - 7982485 TI - Earthquake hazard, risk and disasters PY - 2014 SN - 0123964725 0123948487 9780123964724 9780123948489 PB - London, England : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Geology KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Dynamic & Structural Geology KW - Earthquake hazard analysis. KW - Earthquakes KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Safety measures. KW - Quakes (Earthquakes) KW - Earth movements KW - Natural disasters KW - Seismology KW - Earthquake hazard assessment KW - Hazard analysis, Earthquake KW - Seismic hazard analysis KW - Seismic risk assessment KW - Seismic vulnerability assessment KW - Earthquake engineering KW - Hazard analysis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7982485 AB - Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed. Contains contributions from expert seismologists, geologists, engineers a ER -