Proceedings Of The Second US-Asia Conference On Engineering For Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage

1. Attenuation of seismic waves / Pisidhi Karasudhi 2. Disaster estimation caused by failure of critical facilities due to natural hazard / Heki Shibata 3. GIS-A convenient tool for natural hazard studies and analysis / Michael P. Gaus o~id Seoug H. Kim 4. An assessment model for earthquake fatalities / Keishi Shiono 5. Analysis and design of a base-isolated building / Tso-Clien Pan, Alan H. Muhr and James M. Kelly 6. Risk management for natural disasters a global perspective / Haresh C. Shah 7. Probabilistic seismic hazard estimates in north Sulawesi province, Indonesia / Paul C. Tiienhaus, Ismet Effendi, Engkon Kertapi 8. Seismicity, and its relation to the volcanic's activity in Indonesia / Gunawan Ibrahim and M. Ahmad 9. Technology transfer in earthquake engineering research / George C. Lee and Ian G. Buckle 10. Damage assessment of existing bridge structures with system identification / A. H-S. Ang and W.J. Kim 11. The use of natural rubber bearings to protect a small apartment block from earthquake damage K. Muniandy, K.N.G. Fuller 12. Zoning method one of technology to live with Geologic hazard area / Djoko Santoso 13. Earthquake prediction and engineering system for seismic disaster reduction in China / Ma Zongjin, Zhan Axing 14. To improve heavy rainfall forecast Taiwan area Mesoscale Experiment (TAMEX) / George Tai-Jen Chen 15. An automated rainfall and meteorological telemetry system in Taiwan area / Chnig-Ycn Tsay 16. Processes of River Bank Erosion During Floods / Yuichira Fujita, Yoshio Muramoto and Yuraka Yahiro 17. Effects of the war on flood damages in Hiroshima due to Typhoon 4516 / Yoshiaki Kawata, Taro Oka and Yoshito Tsuchiya 18. Flood hazards mitigation in Malaysia / Hiew Kim Loi and Law Kong Fook 19. Integration of nonstructural measures into flood control planning / L. Douglas James 20. Prediction of flash floods due to an assumed reaching of Bang Lang Earth-Rockfilled Dam, Thailand / Tawatchai Tungsanchali and Naris Sinthananopakhum 21. Post-cyclone relief and rehabilitation / Haroun Er Rashid 22. Flood action plan of Bangladesh a critical review / Ainun Nishat 23. Floods expected due to global warming / Ricardo Harboc and Zahoor Ahmad 24. Understanding flood forming mechanism for better flood hazard prevention and mitigation / Lesmana Polo 25. Flood hazard in the coastal land reclamations of Hong Kong / M.R. Peart and W.W.-S. Yim 26. Debris control in mountain watersheds of Los Angeles County / Zhida Song and Thomas H. Jackson 27. Mitigation flood impacts approaches and experiences in the United States / James M. Wright 28. Current methods of slope protection in Taiwan / Ju-Jiang Hung 29. Retention systems for slope stabilization engineering innovations in the United States / Rober' L. Schuster 30. Mitigation of ground failure in third world countries with special reference to India / Prabhat Kumar and N. S. Bhal 31. Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) for Mitigation of Embankment Failures / D.T. Bergado, H.O. Abiera and M.C. Alfaro 32. Prediction and mapping of landslide hazards / Tien H. Wu 33. Mountain risk engineering for linear infrastructures / Birendra B. Deoja 34. Monitoring of Bendowuluh landslide in Banjarnegara Regency, Jawa Tengah / U. Sudarsono and S. Kertoatmodjo 35. The susceptibility to landsliding in the Enrekang Area, South Sulawesi, Indonesia / Sugiharto Nitihardjo 36. Landslide potential of the Halang Formation in the Walad Area, Cirebon Regency, West Java, Indonesia / L.B. Sudjarwo, Suranta and Y O.P. Siagian 37. Volcano monitoring and eruption prediction strategy, techniques, and Limitations / Borry Voight 38. Volcanoes and their volcanic hazard map preparations / Sutikno Bronto39. The volcanic hazards oh hydrothermal areas in Indonesia, and Mitigation efforts / Muziel Alzwar 40. The potential hazard of sector collapse of alteration from Mt. Ili Lewoto, NTT Aznawir Nasution 41. The 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruptions: volcanic hazards and impacts (Abstracts) / Raymundo S. Punongbayan 42. Volcanic haizard Mitigation in Indonesia / Adjat Sudradjat 43. Reliability-based wind- resist ant design of transmission towers / H.N. Cho, J.C. Shin and S.J. Lee 44. On the question of the role of building codes and standards in mitigating damage due to high winds / Dale C. Perry and W.L. Beason 45. Integrated approach against cyclonic wind hazard and role of voluntary agencies / K Seetharamulu and V.R. Sharma 46. Needs for disaster mitigation related to non-engineered and partially engineered buildings subjected to wind storms / Prem, Krishna and A.K Ahuja 47. Engineering or structures for wind hazard reduction / J. Shanmugasundaram, S. Arunachalam and T.V.S.R. Appa Rao 48. Holism, eurocodes and natural hazards in the Pacific Rim / Alan P. Jeary 49. Computational methods for estimating extreme wind speeds / Edmond D.H. Cheng and Arthur N.L. Chiu 50. Strong wind damage to houses in Yanagawa City by Typhoon 9119 / H. Ishizaki, J. Katsura, Y Taniika and T. Maruyama 51. New technology application for improved severe storm warnings / J.H. Golden 52. Determination of wind effects on and around tall buildings / H.F. Cheong, T. Balendra and S.L. Lee.

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