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Hazards And The Built Environment
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Author : Lee Bosher
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-05-06
Hazards And The Built Environment written by Lee Bosher and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-06 with Architecture categories.
Presenting a range of multi-hazard adaptation issues, this book illustrates that non-structural as well as structural adaptations need to be considered in order to reduce the threat, and impact, of disasters in the built environment.
Disaster Risk Reduction For The Built Environment
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Author : Lee Bosher
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-04-03
Disaster Risk Reduction For The Built Environment written by Lee Bosher and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment provides a multi-facetted introduction to how a wide range of risk reduction options can be mainstreamed into formal and informal construction decision making processes, so that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) can become part of the ‘developmental DNA’. The contents highlight the positive roles that practitioners such as civil and structural engineers, urban planners and designers, and architects (to name just a few) can undertake to ensure that disaster risk is addressed when (re)developing the built environment. The book does not set out prescriptive (‘context blind’) solutions to complex problems because such solutions can invariably generate new problems. Instead it raises awareness, and in doing so, inspires a broad range of people to consider DRR in their work or everyday practices. This highly-illustrated text book provides a broad range of examples, case studies and thinking points that can help the reader to consider how DRR approaches might be adapted for differing contexts.
Flood Hazards
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Author : Jessica Lamond
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2011-07-28
Flood Hazards written by Jessica Lamond and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-28 with Science categories.
A 360-degree view of the response to flood riskAs major flooding events around the world show, the impact of flooding on the built environment can cause widespread chaos. These flood events form part of a wider pattern of increasing flood frequency coupled with increased vulnerability of the built environment to flood hazard. Flood risk can unite o
Safety In The Built Environment
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Author : Jonathan D. Sime
language : en
Publisher: Spon Press
Release Date : 1988
Safety In The Built Environment written by Jonathan D. Sime and has been published by Spon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Buildings categories.
Included in this volume are papers presented at the Second International Conference on Building Use and Safety held in July 1988, Portsmouth, England. They address key issues such as accident prevention, crime and security, crowd safety, alarm systems, escape routes and safety technology. From typescript. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Wind And The Built Environment
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Wind And The Built Environment written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with Education categories.
This book assesses wind engineering research studies in the past two decades to identify an interdisciplinary research agenda and delineate an action plan for evaluation of critical wind engineering efforts. It promotes the interdisciplinary approach to achieve collaborative research, assesses the feasibility of formalizing undergraduate wind engineering curricula, and assesses international wind engineering research activities and transfer approaches for U.S. applications.
The Built Environment Professions In Disaster Risk Reduction And Response
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Built Environment Professions In Disaster Risk Reduction And Response written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture and society categories.
Protection Of Built Environment Against Earthquakes
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Author : Matjaž Dolšek
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-08-16
Protection Of Built Environment Against Earthquakes written by Matjaž Dolšek and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-16 with Science categories.
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.
Constructing Risk
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Author : Stephen O. Bender
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2021-08-13
Constructing Risk written by Stephen O. Bender and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-13 with Social Science categories.
Reviewing current policies and practices, the book assesses the financial, economic and physical risk of building in hazardous areas, and looks at how societies approach economic development while trying to create a more resilient built environment in spite of the dangers. It examines the vulnerability of economic and social infrastructure to natural hazard events, looks at policies which imperil infrastructure, and proposes new development approaches to be undertaken by sovereign states, international development banks, NGOs, and bilateral aid agencies.
Slow Onset Disasters
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Author : Graziano Salvalai
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024
Slow Onset Disasters written by Graziano Salvalai and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Built environment categories.
Zusammenfassung: The book provides an overview of the Slow Onset Disasters (SLOD) in the urban built environment discussing potential strategies to assess and mitigate multiple climate change related risks. Climate change evidence has been reported in the last decades, suggesting that the anthropogenic activities are accelerating these changes towards a warmer and more polluted environment. In this context, SLODs have been linked to climate change related disasters and have been stated to have a higher impact risk within dense built environment (BE). Therefore, the book presents a description of the most relevant SLODs, their significance, and confluence, the way in which scientists and entities are monitoring their progression at different scales, a structured risk assessment strategy and the deconstruction of the BE characteristics that make it more prone to SLODs risk. In addition, it highlights the necessity of adapting the traditional risk assessment methods, to account for different vulnerability types, including the morphology and materiality of the BE, and the BE users' characteristics. In fact, individual features influence users' responses and tolerance to environmental stressors, because of age, health, gender, habits, and behaviour, thus impacting the users' vulnerability. Exposure can then amplify these issues, since it defines the number of users that can be effectively affected by the SLOD. Starting from this perspective, the book first traces literature-based correlations between individual features, use behaviour, and individual response to the SLOD-altered open spaces. Then, a novel methodology, to quantify the variations of users' vulnerability and exposure, is offered, to support designers in quickly defining input scenarios for risk assessment and mitigation. Lastly, it demonstrates, through a case study, the SLOD risk assessment framework proposed and the evaluation of the efficacy of risk mitigation strategies
Hazards And The Built Environment
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Author : Lee Bosher
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-05-06
Hazards And The Built Environment written by Lee Bosher and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-06 with Business & Economics categories.
As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. When a natural or human-induced disaster hits a built-up area the amount of damage it does will depend largely on the extent to which the built assets in the area were developed to withstand it. To fail in this respect is therefore both ethically and financially negligent. What kinds of structural and non-structural alterations can be made to protect buildings from large-scale disasters? How can we reduce the threat of these disasters, as well as the damage they cause? Presenting seven guiding principles, drawn from a broad range of disciplines and approaches, this book tackles the difficult questions about what can be done to attain built-in resilience. With contributions from many renowned experts and upcoming researchers in the fields concerned, it comprehensively assesses the wide range of issues faced by practitioners. Whether you're studying construction management, researching hazard resilience issues or working on construction projects in hazardous regions, this book is for you.