Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Walter Hays Glossary of Scientific and Technical Terms

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Hazard Environment

Built Environment

Policy Environment

Acceleration
Accelerogram
Active Fault
Attenuation
Duration
Earthquake Hazards
Earthquake Cycle
Epicenter
Exceedance Probability
Exposure Time
Fault
Focal Depth
Ground Failure
Ground Shaking
Hazard
Hazard Assessment
Intensity
Magnitude
Natural Hazard
Paleoseismology
Response Spectrum
Seismicity
Soil Amplification
Soil / Structure Resonance
Source Directivity
Surface Fault Rupture

Earthquake Resistant Buildings
Elements at Risk
Infrastructure
Risk
Risk Assessment
Loss
Technological Hazard
Vulnerability

Acceptable Risk
Disaster
Public Policy
Mitigation
Preparedness
Risk Management
Seismic Zonation

 

 

 

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