Newcastle: the writing on the wall.

By:

Tiedemann, Herbert

Contributor(s):

Swiss Reinsurance Company

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 85p., 76 figs, 5 tables, 44 refs, illSubject: Discusses the effects of the Newcastle earthquake, showing which parameters contributing to damage were most important. Building on these lessons and experience from a large number of earthquakes in many countries of the world, goes on to discuss all important aspects which determine earthquake exposure and losses. The information and data are presented simply and would be useful not only to insurers but to also to planning authorities, engineers, contractors, builders, and experts developing earthquake building codes.

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Discusses the effects of the Newcastle earthquake, showing which parameters contributing to damage were most important. Building on these lessons and experience from a large number of earthquakes in many countries of the world, goes on to discuss all important aspects which determine earthquake exposure and losses. The information and data are presented simply and would be useful not only to insurers but to also to planning authorities, engineers, contractors, builders, and experts developing earthquake building codes.

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