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Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification

Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bignami, Daniele Fabrizio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano Springer Milan 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Security Science And Technology
Sociology, Urban
Geographical Information System
Natural Hazards
Security Systems
Buildings / Design And Construction
Sustainability
Geographic Information Systems
Urban Sociology
Natural Disasters
Building Construction And Design
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Along the research path
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Territory, buildings, sustainability and disaster risks: the necessity of new answers
  • Chapter 2 Choices in developing the PRED certification scheme
  • Chapter 3 Definition of the PRED rating and labelling system
  • Chapter 4 Auditing and analytical procedure for risk assessment
  • Concluding considerations: can we succeed in limiting the consequences of calamities?
  • Bibliography

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