Progress Of Geo Disaster Mitigation Technology In Asia

Download or read book Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia written by Fawu Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes the recent 10-year achievement of geo-disaster mitigation by leading Asian scientists from Japan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Iran and Far East of Russia. Case studies on recent occurred geo-disasters in Asian region have been presented. The forming mechanics of hazards such as earthquake and landslide are deeply discussed, and the disaster mitigation technology for building and pipeline safety, landslide hazard assessment and risk management are introduced.