Earthquake Hazards

Earthquake Hazards: Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Second Edition presents the latest scientific developments in earthquake and seismic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness and mitigation. The book takes a geoscientific approach to the topic and contains new insights about how earthquakes and seismic activity can trigger landslides and volcanic activity. This new edition provides 11 new chapters, including a brand-new section devoted to case studies from a variety of earthquake-prone parts of the world. Users will find a thorough, technical treatment of the topic that will be of benefit to researchers and academics in universities, research institutes, geological surveys and hazard management organizations.

• Presents the latest research on seismic natural hazards 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 that deal with earthquake risk