TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raskovic,Biljana
AU  - Mrdja,Svetomir
TI  - Natural disasters: prevention, risk factors, and management 
T2  - Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation
AV  - HV553 
U1  - 363.34/82 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Secours aux victimes de catastrophes
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Disasters & Disaster Relief
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - 7
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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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