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Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks

Hardcover • 2008 • English

Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks

By B John

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The perception, assessment and management of risk are increasingly important core principles for determining the development of both policy and strategic responses to civil and environmental catastrophes. Whereas these principles were once confined to some areas of activity i.e. financial and insurance, they are now widely used in civil and environmental engineering. Comprehensive and readable, Civil and Environmental Risk: Mitigation and Control, provides readers with the mathematical tools and...Show more

Computing and Information Technology

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ISBN

9780123746016

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks

Format

Hardcover

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