Urban Disaster Mitigation The Role of Engineering and Technology

Name: Urban Disaster Mitigation The Role of Engineering and Technology
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ISBN: 9780080419206

ISBN-10: 0080419208

ISBN-13: 9780080419206

Edition: 1995

Authors: F. Y. Cheng, M. S. Sheu

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Great loss of human life, structural damage, and social and economic upheaval occur repeatedly due to such natural hazards as earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, landslides, floods and tsunamis. Both the US and Taiwan, along with many other countries, have a history of such occurrences and a common need to reduce their effects. This volume includes papers from the fourth symposium workshop, held jointly between the US and Taiwan to discuss research and its application to multiple hazard mitigation. The workshop, Urban Disaster Mitigation, The Role of Engineering and Technology , discussed lessons learned from recent natural disasters; assessed results of Taiwan's multiple hazards research…

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List price: $148.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 7/21/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 340
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892

Preface
Symposium/Workshop Activities
Resolutions
Characteristic Earthquakes and Long-Term Earthquake Forecasts: Implications of Central California Seismicity	p. 1
Comparison of Observed Ground Acceleration Response Spectra from Four Recent Large Earthquakes in California with the Uniform Building Code Seismic Design Spectra	p. 15
Uncertainty Analysis on Seismic Hazard Evaluation	p. 31
Taiwan Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (TSMIP) and Preliminary Analysis of Site Effects in Taipei Basin from Strong Motion Data	p. 47
Systematic Determination of Seismic Safety Levels for Design of R/C Buildings	p. 63
Inelastic Behavior and Load Displacement Equations of Low-Rise RC Solid and Perforated Shear Walls	p. 79
Research on Infilled Hollow Clay Tile Walls	p. 97
Vulnerability Study of School Buildings in Taiwan before and after Retrofitting	p. 109
Systems Integrated Approach in Natural Hazard Mitigation	p. 121
Absolute Acceleration Feedback Control of Structures	p. 137
Bridge Damage Diagnosis by Vibrational Signature Analysis	p. 147
Seismic Performance of Bridges in California during the January 17, 1994, Northridge Earthquake	p. 157
Steel Connection Failures during the Northridge Earthquake	p. 167
Analysis of Building Seismic Records Using Artificial Neural Networks	p. 177
Seismic Stability of Cohesive Soil Slopes	p. 193
A Correlation between Landslides and Rainfall Data along A-Li San Highway of Taiwan	p. 205
Reducing Landslide Risk in Urban Areas - Experience in the United States	p. 217
Mechanism of Initiation of Debris Flow	p. 231
Urban Flood Hazard and its Mitigation	p. 245
Inundation Models for Pa-chang Creek Basin in Taiwan	p. 261
Flood Mitigation through Joint Flood Control of Parallel Reservoirs	p. 275
Rainfall Estimate from Satellite Observations	p. 287
Social Science Approaches in Disaster Research: Selected Research Issues and Findings on Mitigating Natural Hazards in the Urban Environment	p. 303
Economic Aspects of Urban Vulnerability and Disaster Mitigation	p. 311
Index of Contributors
Keyword Index
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