Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed.

Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in Elsevier's Hazards and Disasters series, covers problems caused by earthquakes and discusses the current thinking about engineering and social issues, such as how earthquake disasters can affect lives and impact property.

About the Author
Rasoul Sorkhabi joined the Energy & Geoscience Institute and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah as a Research Professor in 2003. Prior to EGI, he worked for the Japan National Oil Corporation and Arizona State University. Rasoul holds B.Sc. and M.Sc.degrees in Geology from India and a Ph.D. in Geology from Japan. Rasoul has over two decades of academic and industry experience, and has worked on projects in various parts of the world, from the fold-and-thrust belts through Tethys and Gondwana to deepwater toe-thrusts. Focus regions include Asia and theMiddle East, Africa, and North America. Rasoul has served as a contributing editor and on the editorial board for numerous journals and committees and has published and presented hundreds of papers in leading journals and notable books.


Book Information
ISBN 9780123948489
Author Rasoul Sorkhabi
Format Hardback
Page Count 606
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1090g