Estimating Losses from Future Earthquakes

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Size: 248 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1989

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Panel on Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodology, Committee on Earthquake Engineering, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
1. Introduction	6-16	(skim)
2. User Needs	17-19	(skim)
3. Ground-Shaking Hazard	20-25	(skim)
4. Building Damage and Losses	26-44	(skim)
5. Collateral Hazards	45-52	(skim)
6. Damage and Losses to Special Facilities and Urban Systems	53-60	(skim)
7. Indirect Losses	61-63	(skim)
8. Rapid Postearthquake Loss Estimates	64-65	(skim)
9. Conclusions and Recommendations	66-77	(skim)
References	78-82	(skim)
Part II: Working Papers	83-84	(skim)
A. Types and Examples of Loss Estimate Studies	85-99	(skim)
B. User Needs	100-112	(skim)
C. Characterization of Earthquake Hazards for Loss Studies	113-129	(skim)
D. Inventory of Facilities	130-158	(skim)
E. Relationships of Ground Motion, Damage, and Loss	159-194	(skim)
F. Liquefaction and Landslides	195-215	(skim)
G. Economic Aspects of Earthquake Loss Estimation	216-223	(skim)
References	224-232	(skim)

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"When the Earth Moves" from the Beyond Discovery series

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