... buildings structures & design design methods & aids urban regeneration During the second half of the twentieth century, it became increasingly clear that mainstream approaches to tackling urban issues often had unintended consequences that resulted in worsening the problems they were...

...F. Peña-Mora, MS, PhD; Z. Aziz, MS, PhD; A. Y. Chen, MS; A. Plans, MS; S. Foltz, MS During disaster response and recovery operations, civil engineers can be assigned a multitude of tasks including triage of building search priorities, identification and evaluation of structural hazards, as well...

.... Some try to reduce development in hazardous areas, while others accept such development but focus on site and building design to reduce vulnerability. Some redirect public investment, but most seek to regulate or influence private development. Some are regulatory, and others are voluntary. 9...