Estimating Losses from Future Earth Quakes
Estimating Losses from Future Earth Quakes

Author: George W. Housner

Publisher:

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9780756710163

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A key question that must be addressed in earthquake hazard reduction is: How much loss might a city or region experience from future earthquakes? The destructiveness of an earthquake depends on its size, its proximity, and the state of preparation. When all 3 are adverse they combine to produce a great disaster. This set of guidelines for a recommended loss estimation methodology includes: basic method; considerations of uncertainty; user needs; ground-shaking hazard; bldg. damage and losses; collateral hazards; damage and losses to special facilities and urban systems; indirect losses; rapid post-earthquake loss estimates; conclusions and recommendations; and references.

Human Casualties in Earthquakes
Human Casualties in Earthquakes

Author: Robin Spence

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-01-03

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9048194555

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Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last few years important work has been carried out on a number of recent events (including earthquakes in Kocaeli, Turkey 1999, Niigata Japan, 2004, Sichuan, China 2008 and L'Aquila,Italy 2009). These events have created new and detailed casualty data, which has not until now been properly assembled and evaluated. This book draws the new evidence from recent events together with existing knowledge. It summarises current trends in the understanding of the factors influencing the numbers and types of casualties in earthquakes; it offers methods to incorporate this understanding into the estimation of losses in future events in different parts of the world; it discusses ways in which pre-event mitigation activity and post-event emergency management can reduce the toll of casualties in future events; and it identifies future research needs.