Design of Highway Bridges against Extreme Hazard Events: Issues, Principles and Approaches

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(2009), "Design of Highway Bridges against Extreme Hazard Events: Issues, Principles and Approaches", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 18 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2009.07318cae.009

Design of Highway Bridges against Extreme Hazard Events: Issues, Principles and Approaches

Article Type: Book reviews From: Disaster Prevention and Management, Volume 18, Issue 3

Edited by George C. Lee, Mai Tong and W. Phillip Yen,MCEER, University of Buffalo,New York, NY,www.wmceer.buffalo.edu,2008,102 pp.,ISSN 1520-295X,$25 (soft cover)

Bridges must be able to withstand a lot in the course of their existence - flooding, storm surges, landslides, explosions, vehicles collisions, and flaming gasoline tankers are but a few of the fates that might befall them. This book provides guidance for engineers in establishing “multi-hazard design principles and guidelines for highway bridges” in the face of “so many interrelated parameters” clamoring for importance and priority.