Risk, reliability and sustainability in the developing world

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Sanchez Silva M ^a   Rosowsky, D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Structures design

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; CODES OF PRACTICE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; SUSTAINABLE PLANNING;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 49249138914     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2008.161.4.189     Document Type: Article

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