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Mental health burdens, typhoon and structural health inequities: evidence from a global perspective. [PDF]

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Yang R, Huang Y.
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On civil engineering disasters and their mitigation

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2018
Civil engineering works such as buildings and infrastructure are the carriers of human civilization. They are, however, also the origins of various types of disasters, which are referred to in this paper as civil engineering disasters. This paper presents the concept of civil engineering disasters, their characteristics, classification, causes, and ...
Zhe Qu, Xie Lili, Qu Zhe
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Engineering Disaster Relief

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2006
The success of a disaster relief operation is contingent upon the ability to bring the right things to the right place at the right time to the disaster victims. This requires a large-scale system engineering (LSSE) approach that integrates the various functional agencies, systems and capabilities.
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On the mitigation of natural disasters through engineering

2015 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, 2015
Engineers hold special responsibility when designing buildings or other compositions due to the fact that they must take into account the structural integrity of their designs not only during typical conditions but also during extreme circumstances. They thus hold the most direct responsibility in alleviating the extent of the aftermath of a possibly ...
Dhruv Kathuria, Shravan Kumaran
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Educating for Disasters: An International Engineering First

European Journal of Engineering Education, 1998
SUMMARY This paper describes a unique and innovative undergraduate degree course aimed at meeting the educational and practical needs of graduates who intend to pursue careers within the international arena of disaster management. The course was developed as a result of a unique partnership forged between Coventry University and The Fire Service ...
RAY HULSE, LES MOSELEY
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Engineering Services in Disasters

2023
Earthquakes Since human existence, human has been faced with natural events that cause disasters in the world who has lived on, and in ancient times, who tried to explain these disasters by connecting them to the anger of the gods. When it comes to modern times, the point that scientific studies and engineering have reached has enabled people to reach ...
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Engineering Measures for Landslide Disaster Mitigation

2008
Correction of an existing landslide or the prevention of a pending landslide is a function of a reduction in the driving forces or an increase in the available resisting forces. Any remedial measure used must involve one or both of the above parameters.
Mihail E. Popescu, Katsuo Sasahara
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Engineering Risk and Disaster: Disaster-STS and the American History of Technology

Engineering Studies, 2014
For a long time the historiographies of engineering and technology focused on technological intensification and progress across society, the economy, and government. Little specific attention was reserved in these narratives for risk, disaster, failure, and blame.
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The role of professional engineers in disaster management

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering, 2013
The current scale and frequencies of emergencies that develop into disasters necessitate a professional approach to their management. New initiatives for building resilience provide opportunities for professional engineers to actively engage in proactive services.
D. Michael Broadbent, Susan G. Broadbent
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