Download PDF Engineering for the Threat of Natural Disasters March 1, 2007 Volume 37 Issue 1 Articles In This Issue Engineering for the Threat of Natural Disasters (editorial) Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorWilliam H. Hooke Engineers are in the business of improving public health and safety, facilitating economic growth, protecting the environment and ecosystems, and providing for national security. And, they attempt to accomplish all of this on a planet that does its business through extreme events. The ... Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorJohn T. Christian Geotechnical conditions and design flaws both contributed to the failure of the levees in New Orleans. The social impacts of Hurricane Katrina have been covered extensively in the media. As of this writing (December 2006), at least four hardcover books on the subject have been published in ... Effects of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami in Aceh Province Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorLloyd S. Cluff This eyewitness assessment of damage from the earthquake and tsunami yields lessons for engineers. On December 26, 2004, at 07:58:50 local time, a powerful earthquake, moment magnitude (MW) 9.2, occurred in the Indian Ocean. The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was one of the three largest ... Engineering Research for Non-Engineered Buildings Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorMelvyn Green More information on constructing simple, seismically safe buildings could go a long way toward reducing fatalities. Studies of recent earthquakes have confirmed that loss of life occurs principally in single-family dwellings of unreinforced masonry, usually constructed by owners or local masons ... Critical Infrastructure, Interdependencies, and Resilience Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorT.D. O’Rourke Resilient physical and social systems must be robust, redundant, resourceful, and capable of rapid response. The concept of critical infrastructure is evolving. In the 1980s, concerns about aging public works led the National Council on Public Works Improvement (1988) to focus on infrastructure ... Building a Resilient Organization Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorYossi Sheffi Governments must understand the resiliency and risk management strategies of private-sector enterprises. The 9/11 attack, the SARS epidemic, Hurricane Katrina, and scores of other disruptions have made companies more aware of the need for active risk management. Governments in the West have ...
Engineering for the Threat of Natural Disasters (editorial) Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorWilliam H. Hooke Engineers are in the business of improving public health and safety, facilitating economic growth, protecting the environment and ecosystems, and providing for national security. And, they attempt to accomplish all of this on a planet that does its business through extreme events. The ...
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorJohn T. Christian Geotechnical conditions and design flaws both contributed to the failure of the levees in New Orleans. The social impacts of Hurricane Katrina have been covered extensively in the media. As of this writing (December 2006), at least four hardcover books on the subject have been published in ...
Effects of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami in Aceh Province Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorLloyd S. Cluff This eyewitness assessment of damage from the earthquake and tsunami yields lessons for engineers. On December 26, 2004, at 07:58:50 local time, a powerful earthquake, moment magnitude (MW) 9.2, occurred in the Indian Ocean. The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was one of the three largest ...
Engineering Research for Non-Engineered Buildings Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorMelvyn Green More information on constructing simple, seismically safe buildings could go a long way toward reducing fatalities. Studies of recent earthquakes have confirmed that loss of life occurs principally in single-family dwellings of unreinforced masonry, usually constructed by owners or local masons ...
Critical Infrastructure, Interdependencies, and Resilience Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorT.D. O’Rourke Resilient physical and social systems must be robust, redundant, resourceful, and capable of rapid response. The concept of critical infrastructure is evolving. In the 1980s, concerns about aging public works led the National Council on Public Works Improvement (1988) to focus on infrastructure ...
Building a Resilient Organization Thursday, March 1, 2007 AuthorYossi Sheffi Governments must understand the resiliency and risk management strategies of private-sector enterprises. The 9/11 attack, the SARS epidemic, Hurricane Katrina, and scores of other disruptions have made companies more aware of the need for active risk management. Governments in the West have ...