Human casualties in earthquakes : progress in modelling and mitigation / editors, Robin Spence, Emily So, Charles Scawthorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spence, R. J. S. (Robin J. S.)

So, Emily

Scawthorn, Charles

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 29.

Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake damage--Forecasting.

Earthquake damage.

Earthquake hazard analysis.

Mass casualties.

Forecasting.

Physical Description:

xvii, 322 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

Part 1: A Global Perspective

2. Earthquakes, an Epidemiological Perspective on Patterns and Trends

3. Earthquake Casualties Research and Public Education

4. Disaster Casualties - Accounting for Economic Impacts and Diurnal Variation

5. A Global Earthquake Building Damage and Casualty Database // Part 2: Casualty Loss Modelling

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 // Part 3: Lessons Learnt from Regional Studies

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 2004 Mid-Niigata Earthquake // Part 4: Exploring approaches to improving casualty modeling

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 in 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 Thoracic Compression experiments and Cyber Mannequin Using the Finite Element Method

20. A Different View on Human Vulnerability to Earthquakes: lessons from risk perception studies

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789048194544

9048194547

OCLC:

701254625