Earthquake and Atmospheric Hazards. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Earthquake and Atmospheric Hazards

A selection of 11 papers from a July 1996 symposium in Toronto for scientists, engineers, and public safety professionals charged with preparation and mitigation efforts for earthquakes or such weather disasters as hurricanes and floods. They discuss such aspects as boundaries of self-structure domains in the complex theory of natural disasters, a test of the cyclicity of earthquakes, problems for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, estimating response spectra in the severely damaged area during the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nambu (Japan) earthquake, Arias intensity assessment of liquefaction test sites on the east-side of San Francisco Bay affected by the Loma Prieta (California) earthquake of 17 October 1989, and the behavior of an artificial island during the Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan. A summary concludes the volume. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Preface; M.I. El-Sabh, et al. Complexity Theory of Natural Disasters: Boundaries of Self-Structured Domains; A.E. Scheidegger. March 1990 Hailstorm Damage in Sydney, Australia; K.E. Andrews, R.J. Blong. A Test of the Cyclicity of Earthquakes; G.R. Dargahi-Noubary. Climate Change, Extreme Events and the Canadian Insurance Industry; R. White, D. Etkin. Problems for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis; D.H. Speidel, P.H. Mattson. Atmospheric Hazards Preparedness in Bangladesh: A Study of Warming, Adjustments and Recovery from the April 1991 Cyclone; C.E. Haque. Estimation of Response Spectra in the Severely Damaged Area During the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nambu Earthquake; T. Sato, et al. Federal Legislation for Disaster Mitigation: A Comparative Assessment Between Canada and the United States; J. Newton. Arias Intensity Assessment of Liquefaction Test Sites on the East Side of San Francisco Bay Affected by the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of 17 October 1989; R.E. Kayen, J.K. Mitchell. The Behaviour of a Man-Made Island During the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Japan; Y. Tanaka. Mexico, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Kobe: What Next? C. Lomnitz. Meeting Report: Hazards-96: Concluding Plenary Session and Discussion; M.L. Khandekar.