Introduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings
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Introduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings
Architectural Press, 2003
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-232) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a comprehensive guide to all types of natural and man made disasters and their effect on buildings. It gives overall guidance and a basic technical understanding of prevention, mitigation and management of disaster, and outlines a checklist of preventive design elements for each situation.
Every category is illustrated with a case study which pin points the essential information that is crucial to architects and engineers in designing buildings with disaster prevention in mind.
The aim of the book is to give a clear understanding of the nature of events and problems, and to enable readers to respond with knowledge to the unique demands placed on their designs.
A special emphasis is also placed on re-building as an opportunity to start again. For the specialists this is a process of constant learning and improving techniques in the light of events past.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: what constitutes a disaster, loss assessment, disaster management, preparedness, risk reduction, strategy trends
- Natural Disasters: earthquakes
- Case Studies: Romania, Turkey and Taiwan
- flooding
- Case Studies: France and UK
- weather conditions
- Case Studies: Florida, France, Alaska, UK
- Manmade disasters: conflict
- Case Studies: Northern Ireland, New York (WTC), and Romania
- fire
- Case Study: UK
- industrial accidents/pollution
- Case Study: Romania
- vandalism/neglect
- Case Study: UK
- Further sources of information
- Bibliography
- Index.
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