
Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas
Building for Safety in Seismic Areas
$127.95
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2021
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 |
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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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