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Assessing and managing earthquake risk: geo-scientific and engineering knowledge for earthquake risk mitigation: developments, tools, techniques/ edited by Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Antoni Roca and Xavier Goula

Contributor(s): Oliveira, Carlos Sousa, ed | Roca, Antoni, ed | Goula, Xavier, edMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: (Geotechnical, geological, and earthquake engineering) ; v. 2Publication details: Dordrecht: Springer, 2006Description: xxv, 543 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 1402035241; 9781402035241Subject(s): Physical geography | Engineering geology | Earthquake engineering | Earthquakes--Safety measuresDDC classification: 551.22

Contents:

Ch. 1. Assessing and managing earthquake risk : an introduction / C.S. Oliveira, A. Roca and X. Goula -- Ch. 2. Overview on earthquake hazard assessment -- methods and new trends / C.S. Oliveira and A. Campos-Costa -- Ch. 3. Observation, characterization and prediction of strong ground motion / X. Goula and T. Susagna -- Ch. 4. Local site effects and microzonation / A. Roca, C.S. Oliveira, A. Ansal and S. Figueras -- Ch. 5. Site-city interaction / P.-Y. Bard, J.L. Chazelas, Ph. Gueguen, M. Kham and J.F. Semblat -- Ch. 6. Vulnerability assessment of dwelling buildings / A.H. Barbat, S. Lagomarsino and L.G. Pujades -- Ch. 7. Vulnerability assessment of historical buildings / S. Lagomarsino -- Ch. 8. Experimental techniques for assessment of dynamic behaviour of buildings / M. Navarro and C.S. Oliveira -- Ch. 9. Vulnerability and risk assessment of lifelines / K. Pitilakis, M. Alexoudi, S. Argyroudis, O. Monge and C. Martin -- Ch. 10. Damage scenarios and damage evaluation / M. Erdik and Y. Fahjan -- Ch. 11. Urban system exposure to natural disasters : an integrated approach / P. Masure and C. Lutoff -- Ch. 12. Response of hospital systems / L.G. Pujades, A. Roca, C.S. Oliveira and S. Safina -- Ch. 13. Building against earthquakes / F. Mana, L. Bozzo and J. Irizarry -- Ch. 14. Industrial facilities / B. Mohammadioun and L. Serva -- Ch. 15. Early warning and rapid damage assessment / M. Erdik and Y. Fahjan -- Ch. 16. Technical emergency management / A. Goretti and G. Di Pasquale -- Ch. 17. Civil protection management / E. Galanti, A. Goretti, B. Foster and G. Di Pasquale -- Ch. 18. Earthquake risk and insurance / R. Spence and A. Coburn -- Ch. 19. Strengthening and repairing earthquake damaged structures / A.G. Costa -- Ch. 20. Advanced techniques in modelling, response and recovery / L. Chiroiu, B. Adams and S. Saito -- Ch. 21. Seismic loss scenarios based on hazard disaggregation : application to the metropolitan region of Lisbon, Portugal / A. Campos Costa, M.L. Sousa, A. Carvalho and E. Coelho -- Ch. 22. Loss scenarios for regional emergency plans : application to Catalonia, Spain / T. Susagna, X. Goula, A. Roca, L. Pujades, N. Gasulla and J.J. Palma -- Ch. 23. RISK-UE project : an advanced approach to earthquake risk scenarios with application to different European towns / P. Mouroux and B. Le Brun.

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Ch. 1. Assessing and managing earthquake risk : an introduction / C.S. Oliveira, A. Roca and X. Goula --
Ch. 2. Overview on earthquake hazard assessment --
methods and new trends / C.S. Oliveira and A. Campos-Costa --
Ch. 3. Observation, characterization and prediction of strong ground motion / X. Goula and T. Susagna --
Ch. 4. Local site effects and microzonation / A. Roca, C.S. Oliveira, A. Ansal and S. Figueras --
Ch. 5. Site-city interaction / P.-Y. Bard, J.L. Chazelas, Ph. Gueguen, M. Kham and J.F. Semblat --
Ch. 6. Vulnerability assessment of dwelling buildings / A.H. Barbat, S. Lagomarsino and L.G. Pujades --
Ch. 7. Vulnerability assessment of historical buildings / S. Lagomarsino --
Ch. 8. Experimental techniques for assessment of dynamic behaviour of buildings / M. Navarro and C.S. Oliveira --
Ch. 9. Vulnerability and risk assessment of lifelines / K. Pitilakis, M. Alexoudi, S. Argyroudis, O. Monge and C. Martin --
Ch. 10. Damage scenarios and damage evaluation / M. Erdik and Y. Fahjan --
Ch. 11. Urban system exposure to natural disasters : an integrated approach / P. Masure and C. Lutoff --
Ch. 12. Response of hospital systems / L.G. Pujades, A. Roca, C.S. Oliveira and S. Safina --
Ch. 13. Building against earthquakes / F. Mana, L. Bozzo and J. Irizarry --
Ch. 14. Industrial facilities / B. Mohammadioun and L. Serva --
Ch. 15. Early warning and rapid damage assessment / M. Erdik and Y. Fahjan --
Ch. 16. Technical emergency management / A. Goretti and G. Di Pasquale --
Ch. 17. Civil protection management / E. Galanti, A. Goretti, B. Foster and G. Di Pasquale --
Ch. 18. Earthquake risk and insurance / R. Spence and A. Coburn --
Ch. 19. Strengthening and repairing earthquake damaged structures / A.G. Costa --
Ch. 20. Advanced techniques in modelling, response and recovery / L. Chiroiu, B. Adams and S. Saito --
Ch. 21. Seismic loss scenarios based on hazard disaggregation : application to the metropolitan region of Lisbon, Portugal / A. Campos Costa, M.L. Sousa, A. Carvalho and E. Coelho --
Ch. 22. Loss scenarios for regional emergency plans : application to Catalonia, Spain / T. Susagna, X. Goula, A. Roca, L. Pujades, N. Gasulla and J.J. Palma --
Ch. 23. RISK-UE project : an advanced approach to earthquake risk scenarios with application to different European towns / P. Mouroux and B. Le Brun.

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