Disaster risk assessment and mitigation arrival of tsunami wave in Thailand / edited by Nasim Uddin, Alfredo Ang.
| Other author | Uddin, Nasim. |
| Other author | Ang, Alfredo Hua-Sing, 1930- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, |
| Description | ix, 88 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ASCE E-books and Standards |
| Subjects |
| Series | ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management monograph ; no. 2 Monograph (ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management) ; no. 2. ^A710059 |
| Contents | Introduction : Disaster risk assessment and mitigation -- Surviving nature's forces : can civil engineers build safe communities? / Yumei Wang and Erik Vanmarcke -- Fundamentals of quantitative risk assessment for natural hazard mitigation / A.H-S. Ang -- Port of Los Angeles risk management strategies / Tony Gioiello and Richard C. Wittkop -- Surviving natural forces from Taiwanese civil enginners perspective / Edward H. Wang, Hsieh Yuen Chang, and Ming-Hsi Hsu -- Lessons learned from the December 26, 2004 Sumatra quake and tsunami / Yumei Wang ... [et al.] -- Achievements and challenges of China construction / Xila Liu -- Preparing for the big one / Swaminathan Krishnan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008047652 |
| ISBN | 9780784410127 |
| ISBN | 0784410127 |
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