/ editors, Robin Spence, Emily So, Charles Scawthorn
New York, NY
: Springer,
, c2011.
xvii, 322 p. , ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) , 24 cm.
(Advances in natural and technological hazards research
; v. 29.)
Print
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-318) and index.
Part 1: A Global Perspective -- 2. Earthquakes, an Epidemiological Perspective on Patterns and Trends -- 3. Earthquake Casualties Research and Public Education -- 4. Disaster Casualties - Accounting for Economic Impacts and Diurnal Variation -- 5. A Global Earthquake Building Damage and Casualty Database // Part 2: Casualty Loss Modelling -- 6. Earthquake Casualty Models within the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System -- 7. Loss Estimation Module in the Second Generation Software QLARM -- 8. Earthquake Casualties Estimation in Emergency Mode -- 9. Estimating Casualties for the Southern California ShakeOut // Part 3: Lessons Learnt from Regional Studies -- 10. Casualty Estimation due to Earthquakes: Injury Structure and Dynamics -- 11. Seismic Vulnerability and Collapse Probability Assessment of Buildings in Greece -- 12. Seismic Casualty Evaluation: the Italian Model, an application to the L'Aquila 2009 Event -- 13. Mortality and Morbidity Risk in the L'Aquila, Italy Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Lessons to be Learned -- 14. Major Factors Controlling Earthquake Casualties as Revealed via a Diversified Questionnaire Survey in Ojiya City for the 2004 Mid-Niigata Earthquake // Part 4: Exploring approaches to improving casualty modeling -- 15. Advances in Casualty Modelling facilitated by the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System -- 16. Challenges in Collating Earthquake Casualty Field Data -- 17. Estimating Human Losses in Earthquake Models: A Discussion -- 18. Trends in the Casualty Ratio of Injured to Fatalities in Earthquakes -- 19. Study of Damage to the Human Body caused by Earthquakes: Development of a Mannequin for Thoracic Compression experiments and Cyber Mannequin Using the Finite Element Method -- 20. A Different View on Human Vulnerability to Earthquakes: lessons from risk perception studies.
Advances in natural and technological hazards research