Natural Disasters Preventions & Control of Chinese Railways

Author: The Railway Branch of Chinese Disaster Preventing Association
Language: Chinese
ISBN/ISSN: 7113035655
Published on: 2000-01
Hardcover

There are many categories of natural disasters in Chinese railways, and their happening frenquences are very high. Therefore, it is hard to estimate the caused loss. This book emphatically explores the survey, forming conditions of natural disasters in sections and chapters separately, including floodwater, collapse, slide, debris folws,drifting sand, frozen soil and the earthquake. It was complied of the developing laws of various disasters drawn by many experts engaged in the prevention and cure of disasters in the railway authoritative departments for a long time, researching achievements and pratical experience in preventing and curing ways and actual project examples. It also shows the prospect of countermeasure, science and technology of natural disaster reduction. In the appendix is the compilation of various serious natural disasters, event statistics, flood volume of the main rivers, torrential rain materials, and the relevanted state or professional principles.
It is adapted to the science and technology staff of the roads and railways. It can also by used as a reference book in teaching.