"This book has collected chapters from experts from around the world in a variety of applications, frameworks, and … methodologies in earthquake engineering, and presents this valuable research in a form that serves as a handy reference and research …-induced failure mechanisms / S.P.G. Madabhushi, S.K. Haigh -- 6. DEM simulations in geotechnical earthquake engineering education / J …

geotechnical earthquake engineering application. …, Manolis Papadrakakis -- II. Applying neural networks for performance-based design in earthquake engineering / Ricardo Foschi … design of structures for earthquake induced loading by wavelet neural network / Eysa Salajegheh, Ali Heidari -- VI …

1. A systemic approach to managing natural disasters / Jaime Santos-Reyes, Alan Beard -- 2. ICT approaches in disaster … cutting-edge distributed and collaborative ICT to advance disaster management as a discipline to cope with current and future … / Hamdan Dhanhani, Angus Duncan, David Chester -- 6. Disaster informatics / Jishnu Subedi -- 7. Efficient deployment of ICT …

"This book furthers the scholarly understanding of SCM in disaster relief, particularly establishing the central role … aid logistics: the Wenchuan and Haiti earthquakes compared / Anthony Beresford and Stephen Pettit -- 5. The application of … Africa / David H. Taylor -- 6. Designing post-disaster supply chains: learning from housing reconstruction projects / Gyöngyi …

"This book highlights examples of disaster situations in recent years in which social and information technologies were …-collaboration help disaster response / Tiziana Catarci ... [et al.] -- Experience report: using a cloud computing environment during …

addressing how to enhance national response capabilities and ready the public in the presence of human-made or natural disasters …. A practical reference for those involved in disaster response and management, it explores fascinating topics including … -- Psychosocial Effects: A Silent Influence -- Individual Reactions and Psychological Impact -- Disaster Promulgation and Collective …

Considerations for a model of public-private sector collaboration in the provision of disaster relief: incentives and … emergency management: a gap analysis / Marvine Hamner -- Compassion organizing for public-private collaboration in disaster … -- Leadership challenges in public private partnerships in emergency management: a real-world perspective / John Reginaldi …

developing world: insights from emerging issues and barriers / Gbenga Emmanuel Afolayan -- What is needed to advance …