Estimating Losses from Future Earth Quakes : Panel Report and Technical Background

A key question that must be addressed in earthquake hazard reduction is: How much loss might a city or region experience from future earthquakes? The destructiveness of an earthquake depends on its size, its proximity, and the state of preparation. When all 3 are adverse they combine to produce a great disaster. This set of guidelines for a recommended loss estimation methodology includes: basic method; considerations of uncertainty; user needs; ground-shaking hazard; bldg. damage and losses; collateral hazards; damage and losses to special facilities and urban systems; indirect losses; rapid post-earthquake loss estimates; conclusions and recommendations; and references.Housner, George W. is the author of 'Estimating Losses from Future Earth Quakes : Panel Report and Technical Background', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756710163 and ISBN 0756710162.