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Introduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings / (Record no. 5274)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9780750656702
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title	eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	690.24
Item number	MCD-I
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name	McDonald, Roxanna
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Introduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings /
Statement of responsibility, etc	Roxanna Mcdonald
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher	Architectural Press,
Year of publication	2003.
Place of publication	Oxford Univ. Press:
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	xvi, 240 p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	Include index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Introduction to Natural and Man-made Disasters and their Effects on Buildings --<br/>Copyright --<br/>Contents --<br/>Foreword --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Acknowledgements --<br/>1. Introduction --<br/>Definition --<br/>Disasters and buildings --<br/>What is a disaster? --<br/>Disaster impact --<br/>Disaster characteristics --<br/>Disaster response --<br/>Preparedness --<br/>Mitigation --<br/>Management --<br/>Loss assessment --<br/>Strategy trends --<br/>Human and infrastructure vulnerability --<br/>Environmental degradation --<br/>Growing poverty in developing countries --<br/>Part I: Natural Disasters --<br/>2. Earthquakes --<br/>What happens during an earthquake --<br/>Tectonic plates --<br/>Earthquake characteristics --<br/>Earthquake measurement --<br/>Geographic and historic evolution: statistics --<br/>Earthquake prediction --<br/>Effect of earthquakes --<br/>Effect of earthquakes and seismic design principles --<br/>Direct effects --<br/>Indirect or consequential effects --<br/>Seismic design principles --<br/>Rehabilitation of old structures --<br/>New ideas, research, and recent developments for seismic-resistant construction --<br/>Case study: Vrancea, Romania --<br/>General --<br/>The effect of 4 March 1977 earthquake on structures --<br/>The effect of 4 March 1977 earthquake on Romanian historic buildings --<br/>Romanian consolidation techniques, anti-seismic design, and legislation --<br/>Disaster mitigation --<br/>3. Volcanoes --<br/>What are volcanoes and how they erupt --<br/>Volcano types --<br/>Statistics --<br/>Effects of volcanic eruptions --<br/>4. Flooding --<br/>How does flooding occur --<br/>Causes and effects of flooding --<br/>Causes of flooding --<br/>Effects of floods --<br/>Elements of design --<br/>Individual properties --<br/>General approach --<br/>Case study --<br/>Thames barrier --<br/>Case study --<br/>The Loire river, France --<br/>Case study --<br/>Reignac sur Indre --<br/>5. Weather conditions --<br/>Storm --<br/>What is a storm and how it occurs --<br/>Wind effects on buildings --<br/>Case study --<br/>The Storms of 1987 and 2000 in the UK (as reported by the UK. Hurricane and tornado --<br/>What is a hurricane and how it occurs --<br/>Case study --<br/>Hurricane Andrew --<br/>What is a tornado --<br/>Lightning --<br/>What is lightning and how it occurs --<br/>Effects of lightning on buildings --<br/>Case study --<br/>Reconstruction of church spire St Quentin-sur-Indrois, France --<br/>Extreme temperatures --<br/>Temperature records --<br/>extreme cold --<br/>Temperature records --<br/>extreme heat --<br/>General design features --<br/>Effect of extreme temperatures on buildings --<br/>Case study --<br/>Anchorage Performing Arts Center roof repair --<br/>New materials --<br/>Mass movement --<br/>What is mass movement and how it occurs --<br/>Types of mass movement and slope failure --<br/>Case study --<br/>The Dalles Middle School --<br/>Case study --<br/>Holbeck Hotel --<br/>Part II: Man-made Disasters --<br/>Chapter 6. Conflict --<br/>Types of conflict --<br/>Conflict issues types --<br/>Methods of resolving conflict issues --<br/>Effect of conflict and terrorist attack on buildings --<br/>Types of damage --<br/>Design considerations --<br/>Case studies --<br/>Northern Ireland --<br/>Central University Library, Bucharest, Romania --<br/>World Trade Centre collapse --<br/>Chapter 7. Fire --<br/>How does fire occur --<br/>Types fire --<br/>Fire disasters affecting wildland and forests --<br/>Fire disasters affecting humans --<br/>Monitoring and prevention strategy --<br/>Case study --<br/>Windsor Castle --<br/>Chapter 8. Disasters resulting from human activities --<br/>Classification and impact --<br/>Technological advances --<br/>Excessive exploitation of natural resources and inappropriate land development and building --<br/>Contamination of the food chain and environment Impact --<br/>Technological production --<br/>Manufacture and use of harmful products --<br/>Harmful by-products and/or processes --<br/>Case study --<br/>Chernobyl, Ukraine --<br/>Pollution --<br/>Excessive exploitation of natural resources and inappropriate land development --<br/>Inappropriate land development and building --<br/>Contamination of the food chain and environment. Case study --<br/>The cyanide spill at Baia Mare, Romania --<br/>Chapter 9. Historic buildings destruction --<br/>General issues --<br/>Vulnerability --<br/>Specific type of damage --<br/>Vandalism and neglect --<br/>Case study --<br/>Eltham Orangery --<br/>Development demolition --<br/>Case study --<br/>'THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE', Bucharest, Romania --<br/>Historic buildings protection in disaster conditions --<br/>Preparedness --<br/>Mitigation --<br/>Management --<br/>Appendices --<br/>Emergency action checklist and fact sheets --<br/>Earthquake emergency checklist --<br/>Flood emergency checklist --<br/>Before --<br/>During a flood watch --<br/>During a flood --<br/>During an evacuation --<br/>After --<br/>Inspecting utilities in a damaged home --<br/>Fact sheet: hurricanes and tornadoes --<br/>Before --<br/>During a hurricane watch --<br/>During a hurricane warning --<br/>After --<br/>During --<br/>After --<br/>Inspecting utilities in a damaged home --<br/>Mitigation --<br/>Fact sheet: extreme heat --<br/>Before --<br/>During --<br/>During a drought --<br/>Heat disorders --<br/>Fact sheet: landslides and mudflows --<br/>Before --<br/>During --<br/>After --<br/>Mitigation --<br/>Fact sheet: terrorism --<br/>Before --<br/>During --<br/>After --<br/>Wildfire emergency checklist --<br/>Nuclear accident mitigation --<br/>Contributors --<br/>Prof. Ing. Alexandru Cismigiu --<br/>Bertrand Penneron --<br/>Miro Group --<br/>Jonathan P. Kumin, AIA --<br/>Christine Theodoropoulos, Anne Deutsch, Josh Glavin, and Boora Architects, Inc. --<br/>Rena Pitsilli-Graham, Freeman Historic Properties, and Caroe & Partners --<br/>Information sources --<br/>Disaster websites --<br/>Earthquake websites and organizations --<br/>Weather information and organizations websites --<br/>Fire monitoring and information websites --
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Buildings
General subdivision	Natural disaster effects
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