Growth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have calamities and miseries bee

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Geologic hazards pose the greatest threat to human safety for any geotechnical undertaking, but it is ultimately the engineer's ability to recognize and cope wi

Natural hazards cost the global economy over $50,000 million per year. Two thirds of this is spent on damage repair, the remainder represents the cost of predic