Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas by Robin Spence - ISBN: 9781119619420
Hardcover
Earthquake building failures: Lessons from disasters, path to global safety.

Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas

Building for Safety in Seismic Areas

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    19 August 2021

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Summary

Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes?

Learn from the personal experience and insights of leading earthquake engineering specialists as they examine the lessons from disasters of the last 30 years and propose a path to earthquake safety worldwide.

Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes: Building for Safety in Seismic Areas delivers an insightful and comprehensive analysis of the key lessons taught by building failures during earthquakes around the world. The bo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781119619420
ISBN-10:1119619424
Author:Robin Spence, Emily So
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:Wiley-Blackwell
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:19 August 2021
Weight:703g
Dimensions:246mm x 173mm x 20mm
About The Author

Robin Spence

Robin Spence is a Structural Engineer, Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Magdalene College and a Director of Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd. He was President of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (2002-2006), Mallet-Milne Lecturer at the Institution of Civil Engineers (2007), and Nicholas Ambraseys Lecturer at the European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, (2014).

Emily So is Reader in Architectural Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a chartered civil engineer. She is Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment, Director of Studies and Fellow in Architecture at Magdalene College and a Director of Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd. She is the 2010 Shah Family Innovation Prize winner, an award given annually by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

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