Mitigating the Impact of Impending Earthquakes

Download or read book Mitigating the Impact of Impending Earthquakes written by Klaus Brandes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of earthquake prognostics, originally initiated in the 80s by a Berlin-based group of scientists and experts, has been further developed at international seminars. The 6th international seminar held in 1991 at the Japanese-German Center in Berlin has considerably contributed towards concretization and materialization of the earthquake prognostics strategy. Topics: General aspects: Earthquake prognostics - From fundamental research to practical measures of protection; A few comments on earthquake disaster precention; Earthquake sources processes; Earthquake hazard assessment; Risk analysis and evaluation; Measures of protection.