TY - BOOK ID - 8135976 TI - Protection of Built Environment Against Earthquakes PY - 2011 SN - 9400714475 9400714483 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Buildings -- Earthquake effects. KW - Earthquake engineering. KW - Earthquake hazard analysis. KW - Earthquake resistant design. KW - Earthquakes -- Safety measures. KW - Emergency management. KW - Structural dynamics. KW - Earthquake engineering KW - Earthquake resistant design KW - Earthquake hazard analysis KW - Buildings KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Civil Engineering KW - Earthquake effects KW - Earthquake effects. KW - Earthquakes and building KW - Aseismic design KW - Seismic design KW - Earth sciences. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Geotechnical engineering. KW - Civil engineering. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. KW - Civil Engineering. KW - Natural Hazards. KW - Civil engineering KW - Engineering KW - Engineering geology KW - Shear walls KW - Structural design KW - Vertical evacuation structures KW - Geology. KW - Public works KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Natural calamities KW - Disasters KW - Engineering, Geotechnical KW - Geotechnics KW - Geotechnology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8135976 AB - Current knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in topics related to the seismic performance and risk assessment of different types of structures and building stock are addressed in the book, with emphasis on probabilistic methods. The first part addresses the global risk components, as well as seismic hazard and ground motions, whereas the second, more extensive part presents recent advances in methods and tools for the seismic performance and risk assessment of structures. The book contains examples of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete buildings, as well as some examples related to various types of infrastructure, such as bridges and concrete gravity dams. The book's aim is to make a contribution towards the mitigation of seismic risk by presenting advanced methods and tools which can be used to achieve well-informed decision-making, this being the key element for the future protection of the built environment against earthquakes. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduate students and practicing engineers working in the fields of natural hazards, earthquake, structural and geotechnical engineering, and computational mechanics, but it may also be attractive to other experts working in the fields related to social and economic impact of earthquakes. ER -