Urban resilience for emergency response and recovery : fundamental concepts and applications /: fundamental concepts and applications. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gian Paolo Cimellaro.
• Authors: Cimellaro, Gian Paolo
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Resilience-Based Design -- 3. Resilience Indicators -- 4. Damage Loss Assessment Models -- 5. Downtime and Recovery Models -- 6. PEOPLES Resilience Framework -- 7. A Comprehensive Methodology for the Evaluation of Infrastructure Interdependencies -- 8. The Physical Infrastructure Dimension of Community Resilience Framework -- 9. The Physical Infrastructure Dimension Taking into Account Interdependencies -- 10. Applications of Seismic Resilience for Healthcare Facilities and School Buildings -- 11. A Model to Evaluate Disaster Resilience of an Emergency Department -- 12. Application of Economic Resiliency of Communities Affected by Natural Disasters -- 13. Building More Resilient Communities -- 14. Computational Tools and Software for Resilience Assessment -- Appendix -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 522 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 353.9/5; Earth sciences; Emergency management; Civil engineering; System safety; Emergency management; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Quality Control; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Reliability engineering; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Economic geology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319306568; 3319306561; 3319306553; 9783319306551
• Related ISBNs: 9783319306551
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 14, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.