Natural disasters : prevention, risk factors, and management / Biljana Raskovic and Svetomir Mrdja, editors.

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NATURAL DISASTERS: PREVENTION, RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTERS: PREVENTION, RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Typhoon/Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone Disasters: Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory of Multivariate Compound Extreme Value Distribution (MCEVD); 3. Poisson-Gumbel Compound Extreme Value Distribution (P-G CEVD) and Its Applications; Comparison between P-G CEVD, Gumbel and P -Distributions.

4. Poisson -- Weibull Compound Extreme Value Distribution (P-W CEVD) and Its Application along U.S. Coasts5. Poisson-nested Logistic Tri-variety Compound Extreme Value Distribution (PNLTCEVD) and Its Application in Hurricane Katrina Disaster; 5.1. Poisson-nested Logistic Tri-variety Compound Extreme Distribution; 5.2. Solution of MCEVD by Stochastic Simulation Method-P-ISP; 5.3. The Application of PNLTCED to Hurricane Katrina Disaster of New Orleans; 5.4. The Application of PNLTCED to Disaster Prevention Design Water Level of Yangtzi River Estuarine City Shanghai.

6. Discussion on IAEA and China Safety Regulation for NPP Coastal Defense Infrastructures against Typhoon/Hurricane Attacks6.1. Discussion on Design Basic Flood (DBF); 6.2. Uncertainty Analysis of Extreme Wave Prediction; 6.2.1. Methodology-model Uncertainty; 6.2.2. Data Sampling Uncertainty; 6.2.3. Statistical Uncertainty; 6.2.4. Uncertainty Analysis of PMT, PMSS and DBF; 6.3. Joint Probability Safety Assessment for DYW-NPP Defense Infrastructure in South China Sea Coast; 6.4. Joint Probability Safety Assessment for QS-NPP Defense Infrastructure.

In Qiantang River Estuarine Area, East China Sea7. Risk Assessment for Offshore Platform against Typhoon/Hurricane Hazards in Global Climate Change Condition; 7.1. Global Uncertainty Analysis (GUA) for Extreme External Events; (1) Climate Change Uncertainty; (2) Method and Model Uncertainty; (3) Data Samples Uncertainty; (4) Statistical Uncertainty; 7.2. Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA); 7.3. Wave Theory; 7.4. Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Environmental Loads; 7.5. Application of MCEVD and Global Uncertainty Analysis (GUA); 7.6. Effects of Climate Change on Deck Elevation Design.

8. Joint Probability Prediction Model of Rainfall Triggered Landslides and Debris Flows8.1. The Rainfall-induced Landslides and Debris Flows Are the Major Disasters in South American, Europe as well as in China due to the Following Facts; 8.2. Scheme Rainfall-induced Landslides and Debris Flows Disasters Zoning; 8.2.1. Slope Type and the Stability Situation; (1) Earth Slopes; (2) Rock Slope; (3) Stability Situation of Slope; 8.2.2. Secondary Disasters Induced by Human Activities; 8.2.3. Application GUA & GSA for Prediction of Rainfall Induced Landslides and Debris Flow.

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