Download or read book Earthquake Hazard and Large Dams in the Himalaya written by Vinod Kumar Gaur and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Earthquake Hazard Risk and Disasters written by Rasoul Sorkhabi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed. - Contains contributions from expert seismologists, geologists, engineers and geophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board - Presents the latest research on seismic hazard and risk assessment, economic impacts, fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation - Includes numerous illustrations, maps, diagrams and tables addressing earthquake risk reduction - Features new insights and reviews of earthquake prediction, forecasting and early warning, as well as basic tools to deal with earthquake risk

Download or read book Himalayan Perceptions written by Jack Ives and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing new research relating to the Himalayan region, this text challenges the widely-held view from the 1970s and 1980s that the area faced environmental disaster, and examines recent social and economic developments relating to the topic.

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Download or read book Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya written by David Zurick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-08-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Himalaya are world-renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery, ancient traditions, and diverse ethnic groups that tenaciously inhabit this harsh yet sublime landscape. Home to the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and some of its deepest gorges, the region is a trove of biological and cultural diversity. Providing a panoramic overview of contemporary land and life in the Earth's highest mountains, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is the first full-color, comprehensive atlas of the geography, economics, politics, and culture of this spectacular area. Drawing from the authors' twenty-five years of scholarship and field experience in the region, the volume contains a stunning and unique collection of maps utilizing state-of-the-art cartography, exquisite photography, and engagingly-written text to give accurate coverage of the Himalaya. The volume covers the entire 2,700-kilometer length of the mountain range, from the Indus Valley in northern Pakistan and India, across Nepal and Bhutan, to the hidden realms of northeast India. The Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya not only offers detailed explanations of geological formations, climate, vegetation, and natural resources but also explores the human dimension of the region's culture and economy. The authors devote special attention to discovery and travel, including exploration, mountaineering, and trekking. Packed with over 300 easy-to-read, custom designed full color maps and photographs and detailed text and map indexes, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is a superb collector's volume and an essential reference to this vast and complex mountain region.

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Download or read book Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs written by Jonathan Hinks and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs is an invaluable source for any engineer, or designer, tasked with building, retrofitting or maintaining dams in all seismically active regions to make decisions on the type of dam structure required for new projects and understand the issues that face existing dams and how to mitigate them.

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Download or read book Dynamic Himalaya written by Khadg Singh Valdiya and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Monograph Aims To Apprise Readers Of The Natural Events That Occurred And The Processes That Were In Operation Before The Emergence Of The Giant Edifice Of The Himalaya. Helping To Achieve Clearer Understanding Of The Structural Architecture Or Makeup, The Book Purports To Highlight The Mechanisms And The Stages Of Development Of The World S Youngest Mountain Province. The Text Is Supplemented With Exhaustive Data, Maps, Figures And Colour Photographs.

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