Earthquakes and Their Impact on Society

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-21752-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 706 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 12114 g

Reihe: Springer Natural Hazards

This book provides an integrated approach to the assessment of seismic hazards. The reduction of losses expected by future earthquakes is probably the most important contribution of seismology to society. Large earthquakes occurred in densely populated areas highlight the dramatic inadequacy of a massive portion of the buildings demonstrating the high risks of modern industrial societies. Building earthquake-resistant structures and retrofitting old buildings on a national scale can be extremely expensive and can represent an economic challenge even for developed western countries. Earthquakes can cause also several psychological problems due to the fact that such kind of disasters will result in casualties, collapsing of houses, strategic buildings and facilities and deeply affect a community. Moreover in our society it is necessary to properly plan emergency responses and rescues taking into account any possible secondary effect in order to avoid more casualties.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Amico, Sebastiano

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction on seismicity.- Earthquake research and analysis.- Seismic hazard and risk.- Secondary effects due to earthquakes.- Earthquake response analysis.- Economic issues of earthquakes.- Damage to tourism industry.- Impact and analysis of mass media information.- Earthquake and mental health.