Geohazard Mitigation -

Geohazard Mitigation (eBook)

Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021

Basanta Raj Adhikari, Sreevalsa Kolathayar (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF
2021 | 1st ed. 2022
XI, 494 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-16-6140-2 (ISBN)
Systemvoraussetzungen
255,73 € inkl. MwSt
  • Download sofort lieferbar
  • Zahlungsarten anzeigen
This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021).  It emphasizes on the role of civil engineering for a disaster resilient society. It presents latest research in geohazards and their mitigation. Various topics covered in this book are land use, ground response, liquefaction, and disaster mitigation techniques. This book is a comprehensive volume on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and its management for a sustainable built environment. This book will be useful for the students, researchers, policy makers and professionals working in the area of civil engineering, especially disaster management.  


Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari is currently Asst. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.  Dr. Adhikari has research interests in the tectonics of the Himalayas, climate change, hill-slope movement and human interaction, Himalayan sediment flux generation, and disaster risk reduction. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers and book chapters and received various recognitions for his work in the field of earth science i.e. Young Scientist (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk), 'young affiliates' (The World Academy of Sciences) and Sichuan 1000 Talents (Sichuan Province, China).

Dr Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued M.Tech from IIT Kanpur, PhD from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and served as International Research Staff at UPC BarcelonaTech Spain. He is presently faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. Dr Sreevalsa has authored ten books and over 80 research papers. He is Associate Editor of two International Journals. His research interests include Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Hazard and Risk, Landslides, Disaster Risk Reduction, Reinforced earth and Water Geotechnics. In 2017, The New Indian Express honoured Dr Sreevalsa with South India's Most Inspiring Young Teachers Award. He is the recipient of ISET DK Paul Research Award from Indian Society of Earthquake Technology in 2018. He is in the roster of two technical committees of ASCE Geo-Institute. He received 'IEI Young Engineers Award' by The Institution of Engineers (India), in recognition of his contributions in the field of Civil Engineering. Recently Dr Sreevalsa was featured by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their Geostrata Magazine.
This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021).  It emphasizes on the role of civil engineering for a disaster resilient society. It presents latest research in geohazards and their mitigation. Various topics covered in this book are land use, ground response, liquefaction, and disaster mitigation techniques. This book is a comprehensive volume on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and its management for a sustainable built environment. This book will be useful for the students, researchers, policy makers and professionals working in the area of civil engineering, especially disaster management.  
Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.11.2021
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Zusatzinfo XI, 494 p. 307 illus., 222 illus. in color.
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte Disaster Mitigation • Earthquake hazard • Floods and Droughts • Landslide Prevention • Resilient Infrastructures • sustainable cities
ISBN-10 981-16-6140-5 / 9811661405
ISBN-13 978-981-16-6140-2 / 9789811661402
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
PDFPDF (Wasserzeichen)
Größe: 20,4 MB

DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
Dieses eBook enthält ein digitales Wasser­zeichen und ist damit für Sie persona­lisiert. Bei einer missbräuch­lichen Weiter­gabe des eBooks an Dritte ist eine Rück­ver­folgung an die Quelle möglich.

Dateiformat: PDF (Portable Document Format)
Mit einem festen Seiten­layout eignet sich die PDF besonders für Fach­bücher mit Spalten, Tabellen und Abbild­ungen. Eine PDF kann auf fast allen Geräten ange­zeigt werden, ist aber für kleine Displays (Smart­phone, eReader) nur einge­schränkt geeignet.

Systemvoraussetzungen:
PC/Mac: Mit einem PC oder Mac können Sie dieses eBook lesen. Sie benötigen dafür einen PDF-Viewer - z.B. den Adobe Reader oder Adobe Digital Editions.
eReader: Dieses eBook kann mit (fast) allen eBook-Readern gelesen werden. Mit dem amazon-Kindle ist es aber nicht kompatibel.
Smartphone/Tablet: Egal ob Apple oder Android, dieses eBook können Sie lesen. Sie benötigen dafür einen PDF-Viewer - z.B. die kostenlose Adobe Digital Editions-App.

Buying eBooks from abroad
For tax law reasons we can sell eBooks just within Germany and Switzerland. Regrettably we cannot fulfill eBook-orders from other countries.

Print-Ausgabe
Buch | Hardcover
267,49 €
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
auf Facebook teilen
bei Twitter
Link zu dieser Seite kopieren