The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: Anatomy of a Disaster
汶川地震三周年之际，由地球物理学家陈颙院士和 David 博士合著的《2008 年汶川大地震──一场灾难的纪实》（英文版），正式出版发行。
本书内容丰富，原始资料可靠。主要特色有三点：
1. 从自然、工程和社会经济三种科学角度，客观地记录了灾害的全过程；
2. 回顾了经验和教训，针对减灾提出了独到和深刻的见解；
3. 以地震中的具体事例，突破迥异的价值观念和文化背景，寻求东西方理解和沟通的渠道。
科学出版社和 Spinger 联合出版发行。不但适合从事地球物理学、工程科学、社会科学、灾害管理学及减灾学的专业人士阅读，而且特别注意面向广大社会公众（精选图片近200张）。
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【内容简介】
第一章， 工程科学：地震的造成的破坏（房屋建筑，生命线工程，滑坡，堰塞湖）。
第二章， 自然科学：地震发生的基本情况（环境背景，地震参数，破裂过程）。
第三章， 地震预报：汶川地震未能做出预报的原因，地震预报的困难、现状和未来。
第四章， 管理科学：以灾害为对象的管理科学，灾害管理的成功和不足。
第五章， 人文科学：灾害年年有，和过去相比，今天的中国究竟发生了什么。
第六章， 全社会动员：传统文化的回归，全社会力量的集合。
陈颙：中国科学院院士，曾任国家地震局地球物理所所长、国家地震局副局长等职务，现任中国地震局科技委主任，中国地球物理学会理事长。曾出版过专著The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976，国际影响较大。2007年和史培军编著的《自然灾害》教材，在国内广受好评。
David C. Booth：英国地质调查局资深地震学家，长期从事全球地震学研究。
“The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: Anatomy of a Disaster” gives a detailed account of the damage, seismology and tectonics of the event and discusses earthquake prediction, seismic hazard and risk management, the creation and implementation of building codes, and new practices used in rescue, relief and reconstruction. It will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners engaged in seismology, geophysics, engineering, the social sciences, and disaster management and recovery. It also offers a valuable new and unique Chinese perspective with many insights for future mitigation of earthquake risk.
【Content】
Chapter 1 The Wenchuan earthquake
Chapter 2 Seismological features
Chapter 3 Prediction efforts prior to the Wenchuan earthquake
Chapter 4 Seismic hazard and risk assessment
Chapter 5 Emergency response and rescue
Chapter 6 Reconstruction of Wenchuan
(1) The first-hand account by a top Chinese seismologist written in English.
(2) The first study to include all aspects of the disaster, including details of rescue and recovery operations as well as seismological and engineering aspects.
(3) The most recent objective view of Chinese earthquake prediction to emanate from the China Earthquake Administration.
(4) The first exposition of the lessons learned from the earthquake by Chinese seismologists, engineers and administrators.
Chen Yong Geophysicist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, works for the China Earthquake Administration. From 1970’s he worked on rock physics under high temperature and high pressure. He was the director of the Institute of Geophysics (1983–1985), the deputy director-general of State Seismological Bureau (1985–1996), vice president of World Data Center-D (1986–1994) and the member of executive committee of International Seismological Center (1989–1997). He is the president of Chinese Geophysical Society. He has published more than ten textbooks and monographs, of which “The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976—An Anatomy of Disaster”, “Rock Physics”, “Seismic Hazard and Risk” and “Fractal Geometry” have had a significant influence both in China and in abroad.
David C. Booth Seismologist, works for the British Geological Survey. From the mid-1970s to 2010, he has worked on seismological studies of crustal structure, particularly on the detection and analysis of seismic anisotropy due to aligned crack distributions, with over 40 publications. Manager of the BGS Global Seismology Group (1995–1997), Manager of UK National Data Center for CTBT verification (1997–2002), Vice chairman of ESC Working Group on Crust and Upper Mantle Structure (2002–2006), Manager of BGS UK Geophysical Observatories (2003–2009).
