Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support Strategic Directions /

The papers in this volume integrate results from current research efforts in earthquake engineering with research from the larger risk assessment community. The authors include risk and hazard researchers from the major U.S. hazard and earthquake centers and some from abroad as well as programmers a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bostrom, Ann (Editor), French, Steven (Editor), Gottlieb, Sara (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
Series:Risk, Governance and Society ; 14
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • A Brief History of Seismic Risk Assessment
  • Perspectives on the History of Seismic Risk Assessment
  • Strategic Directions in Seismic Modeling: HAZUS® Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning
  • Perspectives on Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning
  • Loss Estimation Models and Metrics
  • Perspectives on Loss Estimation Models and Metrics
  • Seismic Risk Mitigation Decisions Under Uncertainty
  • Perspectives on Seismic Risk Mitigation Decisions Under Uncertainty
  • Modeling Seismic Mitigation Strategies
  • Perspectives on Modeling Seismic Mitigation Strategies
  • Visualizing Uncertainty in Natural Hazards
  • Perspectives on Visualizing Uncertainty in Natural Hazards
  • Conclusion.