Earthquake Protection

by Robin Spence, Andrew Coburn, R. J. S. Spence

Book Overview

Since the publication of the successful first edition of Earthquake Protection there have been 110 lethal earthquakes, killing 130 000 people; there have also been significant developments in the field of earthquake risk management, particularly in the modelling and analysis of risk for insurance and financial services. Furthermore, major earthquake disasters, such as the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California, the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470849231
• ISBN13: 9780470849231
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"