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The Sixth IWTC (IWTC-VI) was held in San José, Costa Rica in November 2006, details of which are provided in this volume. In this Chapter, the organization and topics of the Workshop are described. A very important session during IWTC-VI was on the

This document reflects the author's personal involvement in conducting and supporting disaster assessment missions using the ECLAC methodology for the socioeconomic and environmental assessment of disasters. It first indicates (section I) the

The North Atlantic hurricane season for 2005 began early and was an unusually active season, breaking the previous recorded hurricane season records for the number of named storms, hurricanes, Category 5 hurricanes, major hurricanes making U.S. landfall

The intent of the manual is to provide Gulf Coast homebuilders, contractors, and local engineering professionals with a series of recommended foundation designs that will help create safer and stronger buildings along the Gulf Coast. The use of these

On September 5, 1996, Hurricane Fran made landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina, and generated considerable rainfall, moderately high winds, and storm surge and waves along the coast. This report focuses on the damages along the North Carolina coast

Hurricana Katrina first made landfall in the U.S on August 23, 2005 in southern Florida as a Category 1 hurricane. After entering the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it raplidly strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane and ultimately reached Category 5

This book provides information about the application of structural health monitoring technologies to civil engineering structures including buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, and pavements. The book covers application of a broad spectrum of sensors for

The tragedy caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005, the unprecedented hurricane season of 2004 in which five hurricanes made landfall in Florida, and the May 1999 outbreak of damaging tornados in Oklahoma underscore the