The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: Anatomy of a Disaster

✍ Scribed by Prof. Chen Yong, Dr. David C. Booth (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: An anatomy of disaster" gives a detailed account of the damage, seismology and tectonics of the event and discusses earthquake prediction, seismic hazard and risk management, the creation and implementation of building codes, and new practices used in rescue, relief and reconstruction. It will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners engaged in seismology, geophysics, engineering, the social sciences, and disaster management and recovery. It also offers a valuable new and uniquely Chinese perspective with many insights for future mitigation of earthquake risk. Professor Yong Chen works for the China Earthquake Administration; Dr David C. Booth works for the British Geological Survey.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Wenchuan earthquake....Pages 1-69
Seismological features....Pages 70-121
Prediction efforts prior to the Wenchuan earthquake....Pages 122-159
Seismic hazard and risk assessment....Pages 160-185
Emergency response and rescue....Pages 186-221
Reconstruction of Wenchuan....Pages 222-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-276

✦ Subjects

Natural Hazards; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Environmental Management; Physical Geography