The historical records of earthquakes play a vital role in seismic hazard and risk
assessment. During the last decade, geophysical, geotechnical, geochemical …

Landslides, earthquakes, and other natural events can change the landscape and generate
human and economic losses, affecting transportation and public service infrastructure. In …

The book deals with the geotechnical analysis and design of foundation systems for high-
rise buildings and other complex structures with a distinctive soil-structure interaction. The …

Any earthquake event is associated with a rupture mechanism at the source, propagation of
seismic waves through underlying rock and finally these waves travel through the soil layers …

Mumbai city is the financial capital of India and is fifth most densely populated city in the
world. Seismic soil liquefaction is evaluated for Mumbai city in terms of the factors of safety …

In this study, an attempt is made to generate hazard maps for the Jammu Region (JR) in
Jammu and Kashmir in terms of surface peak ground acceleration (PGA surface) …

The detrimental effects of an earthquake are strongly influenced by the response of soils
subjected to dynamic loading. The behavior of soils under dynamic loading is governed by …

Flooding and water logging possess severe hazards to human population in many parts of
the world. Mumbai, the study area, is one of the cities in India and has been frequently …

Shear wave velocity is one of the most important input parameter in the analysis of
geotechnical earthquake engineering problems, particularly to estimate site-specific …

Disaster mitigation as a pre-disaster measure within the scope of disaster risk management
is significant in the sense of reducing the adverse effects of earthquakes in the context of …