Natural Risk Management and Engineering by Milan Gocić & Giuseppe Tito Aronica & Georgios E. Stavroulakis & Slaviša Trajković

Author:Milan Gocić & Giuseppe Tito Aronica & Georgios E. Stavroulakis & Slaviša Trajković
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030393915
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

the treatment of these risks by application of the contemporary design, geotechnical, and constructional measures for slopes and associated supporting structures, foundations, and tunnel structures;

the monitoring of the risks along with the development of the appropriate monitoring and early-warning systems.

6.2 Potentially Hazardous Geodynamic Natural Phenomena

Natural hazard events have both immediate and longer term effects upon people, physical structures, and economic activities. Geodynamic natural phenomena, such as landslides and earthquakes, are among the most hazardous natural threats to human lives and property. The recent studies have revealed that these hazardous natural phenomena resulted in the greatest number of human deaths, as well as in the highest economic losses, when compared to other natural disasters (Fig. 6.2).

Fig. 6.2Natural disasters worldwide 1960–1995: a death toll (3,000,000); b economic losses (439 billion US$)

Source Munich Re 1996 (Milutinović 2006)

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