Inversion of the Earthquake Rupture Process: Methods, Case Studies and Applications to Emergency Response -- Rupture Process of the 2008 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake: A Review -- The Wenchuan Earthquake Fault Scientific Drilling (WFSD) Project -- Coordinated Distributed Experiments (CDEs) Applied to Earthquake Forecast Test Sites -- Annual Earthquake Potential Consultation: A Real Forward Predic…
Foreword -- Journey into the Past – Introduction -- Dams and Society: Treasures and Troubles – Safety of earthen dams -- Genealogy of the South Fork Dam -- Changes wrought by the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club -- Gathering of Waters - How we study rivers in flood -- Storm Clouds – Dawn of the 1889 flood -- Day of the Dam Breach - Eyewitness account of engineer John Parke -- Aftermath -…
Chapter1: Technogenesis and natural disasters -- Chapter2: Complications and Prospects of the Hydrogeological Substantiation of Drainage in Deep Tunnels -- Chapter3: Probabilistic Approach to Forecast of the Risk Caused by Groundwater Contamination -- Chapter4: Landslide and Seismic Monitoring Systems -- Chapter5: Early-Warning Landslide Monitoring System -- Chapter6: Problems in forecasting da…
Introduction -- Volcanic Activity and Processes -- Volcanoes and Human Settlements -- Volcanoes and Risk.This book serves as a guide to discovering the most interesting volcano sites in Italy. Accompanied by some extraordinary contemporary images of active Neapolitan volcanoes, it explains the main volcanic processes that have been shaping the landscape of the Campania region and influencing hu…
1. Seismic Capacity Reduction Factors for a RC Beam and two RC Columns -- 2. Characterization of the wave field around an existing end-supported pontoon bridge from simulated data -- 3. Prediction the Seismic Demands of Tall Buildings Using An Adaptive Force-based Multi-mode Pushover Analysis -- 4. Ambient vibration testing of a 3-storey substandard RC building at different levels of structural…
Part – I: Introduction to Landslide Dynamics -- 1. Mass Wasting: An Overview -- 2. Dump Slope Stability -- 3. Shear Strength Behaviour of Jointed Rock Masses -- 4. Rockfall: A Specific Case of Landslide -- Part – II: Landslide Monitoring and Prediction -- 5. Study of Jointed and Weathered Rock Slopes through the Innovative Approach of Infrared Thermography -- 6. Ground Based Real Time Monit…
Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Foundations For Land-Use Planning Projects Determines Sustainability -- Chapter3: Site Selection With Attention To Susceptibility To Natural And Human Caused Hazards -- Chapter4: Strategic Palnning For Urban Centers: Present and Future -- Chapter5: Planning For Existing Polluting Industries And Parks Zoned For Industrial Development -- Chapter6: Curtailing Ag…
Introduction -- Biosphere as a still unlearned living sphere -- How many of us will be? Population of the Earth -- Technogenesis and Its impact on the biosphere state -- Populaltion load. Adaptation corridor of a man -- What does happen with the climate? -- Living with natural disaster risk -- Market economy and ecology -- Nature conservation and nature use. Ecological safety -- Nature as a liv…
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations and Definitions -- Part I: How Lightning Kills, Injures, and Causes Damage -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of Lightning Injury -- Lightning Effects on the Body -- Research on Pathophysiology of Medical Effects by Lightning -- Economic Damages of Lightning -- Part II: Estimates of People Killed and Injured by Lightning -- Current Glob…
Landslides: An Overview -- Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Susceptibility -- Slope instability analysis: A Sub-Watershed Scale Study -- Geomorphic Diversity and Landslide Susceptibility: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Approach -- Landslide Susceptibility Prediction and Assessment using Bivariate Models -- Multivariate Models and Prediction and Assessment of Landsli…