Overview

This book highlights the use of historical data in natural hazard assessments. Different types of data, such as historical data from written documents, are linked to technically measured data such as stream gauge height and consequently river discharge in order to archive new possibilities of probability determination of respective hazardous processes. In addition, this book strengthens this interdisciplinary approach through the application to different processes of earthquakes, floods, and landslides. Based on worldwide examples, the book introduces how various disciplines address the use of historical data in their respective analysis. These studies might give suggestions of new approaches in their own field derived from applications shown by other disciplines. Audience: This volume is of particular interest to professionals interested and involved in natural hazard assessments, working at research institutions and organisations, large and small scale enterprises, governmental agencies as well as private personnel. However, also advanced students might find the book helpful in addressing specific issues raised in natural hazard courses.

Full Product Details

Author:   Thomas Glade ,  Paola Albini ,  Félix Francés
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Volume:   17
Weight:   0.432kg
ISBN:  

9789048157624

ISBN 10:   9048157625
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A: Earthquakes.- Searching for the source of the 1117 earthquake in northern Italy: A multidisciplinary approach.- Sismicité historique des petites Antilles Un test pour quelques années du milieu du XIXe siécle.- The 1828–1829 earthquake sequence in the provinces of Alicante and Murcia (S-E Spain): Historical sources and macroseismic intensity assessment.- The seismic history of Nicolosi (Catania, Italy).- A new macroseismic catalogue for Catalonia.- Expeditious seismic damage scenarios based on intensity data from historical earthquakes.- B: Flooding.- Incorporating non-systematic information to flood frequency analysis using the maximum likelihood estimation method.- Historical flood data analysis using a GIS: The Palaeotagus database.- Collaboration between historians and hydrologists on the Ardèche river (France).- Availability and potential of historical flood series in the Iberian Peninsula (14th – 20th centuries).- Hydraulic modelling and historical inundation assessment for the Versilia river.- C: Landslides.- Landslide hazard assessment and historical landslide data — an inseparable couple?.- Widespread landslide and flood events in the Catanzaro’s Isthmus (Calabria, Italy); Relationships with rainfall data.- The development and application of a historical bibliography to assess landslide hazard in the United States.- The contribution of historical information in the assessment of landslide hazard.

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From the reviews: This book contains a collection of papers that deals particularly with the implementation of historical data in three areas of hazard assessment, namely earthquakes, floods and landsides. ! this book is a powerful indicator that historical data in the three areas of hazard assessment have similar characteristics, namely very high magnitude events with substantial uncertainty. Hence the research done in combining these data with the modern records should be shared to facilitate better hazard assessments. (Mayshree Bejaichund and Andrzej Kijko, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 163, 2006)

From the reviews: This book contains a collection of papers that deals particularly with the implementation of historical data in three areas of hazard assessment, namely earthquakes, floods and landsides. ... this book is a powerful indicator that historical data in the three areas of hazard assessment have similar characteristics, namely very high magnitude events with substantial uncertainty. Hence the research done in combining these data with the modern records should be shared to facilitate better hazard assessments. (Mayshree Bejaichund and Andrzej Kijko, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 163, 2006)

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