Earthquake hazard, risk, and disasters

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xiii-xv, Surya P. Acharya, John G. Anderson, Masataka Ando, Kuvvet Atakan, John Bevington, Glenn P. Biasi, Roger Bilham, James N. Brune, Victor Chebrov, James E. Daniell, Ranjan Dhungel, Amod M. Dixit, M. Eineder, C. Geiß, Matthew C. Gerstenberger, Marcus Herrmann, Mitsuyuki Hoshiba, Charles Huyck, Mizuho Ishida, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Mustapha Meghraoui,  et al.
Preface, Pages xvii-xix, John (Jack) Shroder
Acknowledgments, Page xxi
Introduction - Introduction to Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters: Why a Book on Earthquake Problems Now?, Pages xxiii-xxiv, Max Wyss
Chapter 1 - Remote Sensing for Disaster Response: A Rapid, Image-Based Perspective, Pages 1-24, Charles Huyck, Enrica Verrucci, John Bevington
Chapter 2 - The Capabilities of Earth Observation to Contribute along the Risk Cycle, Pages 25-53, H. Taubenböck, C. Geiß, M. Wieland, M. Pittore, K. Saito, E. So, M. Eineder
Chapter 3 - Disaster-Risk Reduction through the Training of Masons and Public Information Campaigns: Experience of SDC's “Competence Centre for Reconstruction” in Haiti, Pages 55-69, Tom Schacher
Chapter 4 - The Most Useful Countermeasure Against Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis—What We Learned From Interviews of 164 Tsunami Survivors, Pages 71-101, Mizuho Ishida, Masataka Ando
Chapter 5 - Aggravated Earthquake Risk in South Asia: Engineering versus Human Nature, Pages 103-141, Roger Bilham
Chapter 6 - Ten Years of Real-time Earthquake Loss Alerts, Pages 143-165, Max Wyss
Chapter 7 - Forecasting Seismic Risk as an Earthquake Sequence Happens, Pages 167-182, J. Douglas Zechar, Marcus Herrmann, Thomas van Stiphout, Stefan Wiemer
Chapter 8 - How to Render Schools Safe in Developing Countries?, Pages 183-202, Amod M. Dixit, Surya P. Acharya, Surya N. Shrestha, Ranjan Dhungel
Chapter 9 - The Socioeconomic Impact of Earthquake Disasters, Pages 203-236, James E. Daniell
Chapter 10 - The Contribution of Paleoseismology to Earthquake Hazard Evaluations, Pages 237-271, Mustapha Meghraoui, Kuvvet Atakan
Chapter 11 - The Role of Microzonation in Estimating Earthquake Risk, Pages 273-308, Imtiyaz A. Parvez, Philippe Rosset
Chapter 12 - Why are the Standard Probabilistic Methods of Estimating Seismic Hazard and Risks Too Often Wrong, Pages 309-357, Giuliano Panza, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Antonella Peresan, Anastasia Nekrasova
Chapter 13 - The Continued Utility of Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Assessment, Pages 359-376, Mark W. Stirling
Chapter 14 - Precarious Rocks: Providing Upper Limits on Past Ground Shaking from Earthquakes, Pages 377-403, John G. Anderson, Glenn P. Biasi, James N. Brune
Chapter 15 - Quantifying Improvements in Earthquake-Rupture Forecasts through Testable Models, Pages 405-429, Danijel Schorlemmer, Matthew C. Gerstenberger
Chapter 16 - Duties of Earthquake Forecast: Cases and Lessons in China, Pages 431-448, Zhongliang Wu
Chapter 17 - The Experience of Real-Time Earthquake Predictions on Kamchatka, Pages 449-475, Gennady Sobolev, Victor Chebrov
Chapter 18 - Times of Increased Probabilities for Occurrence of Catastrophic Earthquakes: 25 Years of Hypothesis Testing in Real Time, Pages 477-504, Vladimir G. Kossobokov
Chapter 19 - Review of the Nationwide Earthquake Early Warning in Japan during Its First Five Years, Pages 505-529, Mitsuyuki Hoshiba
Chapter 20 - To What Extent Can Engineering Reduce Seismic Risk?, Pages 531-541, Stavros V. Tolis
Chapter 21 - Decision Making under Uncertainty: Insuring and Reinsuring Earthquake Risk, Pages 543-568, Gero W. Michel
Index, Pages 569-582