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Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk

Geo-scientific and Engineering Knowledge for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: developments, tools, techniques

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Editors:
  1. Carlos Sousa Oliveira

    1. DECivil/ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Antoni Roca

    1. Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Xavier Goula

    1. Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  • Multidisciplinary approach of risk assessment and management, which can provide more efficient earthquake mitigation
  • Transfer of Geo-scientific and engineering knowledge to Civil Protection and insurance agents
  • Approaches and common practices directly related to the preparation of earthquake emergency plans
  • Illustrated examples of actual applications, including web sites
  • Case studies and information on relevant international projects

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 2)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
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  2. Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk. An Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk. An Introduction

      • C. S. Oliveira, A. Roca, X. Goula
      Pages 1-14

  3. Earthquake Hazard And Strong Motion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Overview on Earthquake Hazard Assessment - Methods and New Trends

      • C. S. Oliveira, A. Campos-Costa
      Pages 15-46

    3. Observation, Characterization and Prediction Of Strong Ground Motion

      • X. Goula, T. Susagna
      Pages 47-66

    4. Local Site Effects and Microzonation

      • A. Roca, C. S. Oliveira, A. Ansal, S. Figueras
      Pages 67-89

    5. Site-City Interaction

      • P.-Y. Bard, J. L. Chazelas, Ph. Guéguen, M. Kham, J. F. Semblat
      Pages 91-114

  4. Vulnerability Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Vulnerability Assessment Of Dwelling Buildings

      • A. H. Barbat, S. Lagomarsino, L. G. Pujades
      Pages 115-134

    3. Vulnerability Assessment Of Historical Buildings

      • S. Lagomarsino
      Pages 135-158

    4. Experimental Techniques For Assessment Of Dynamic Behaviour Of Buildings

      • M. Navarro, C. S. Oliveira
      Pages 159-183

    5. Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Of Lifelines

      • K. Pitilakis, M. Alexoudi, S. Argyroudis, O. Monge, C. Martin
      Pages 185-211

  5. System Analysis And Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Damage Scenarios and Damage Evaluation

      • M. Erdik, Y. Fahjan
      Pages 213-237

    3. Urban System Exposure to Natural Disasters: An Integrated Approach

      • P. Masure, C. Lutoff
      Pages 239-260

    4. Response Of Hospital Systems

      • L. G. Pujades, A. Roca, C. S. Oliveira, S. Safina
      Pages 261-286

  6. Managing Earthquake Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. Building Against Earthquakes

      • F. Mañá, L. Bozzo, J. Irizarry
      Pages 287-308

    3. Industrial Facilities

      • B. Mohammadioun, L. Serva
      Pages 309-322
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Table 1. 1 reports the world’s largest earthquakes since 1900 with respect to number of deaths (larger than or equal to 10 000), also showing the region of occurrence and the corresponding magnitudes. Both, from Figure 1. 2 and Table 1. 1 it is interesting to note that this period of time is characterized by an annual average of 15 000 deaths with two main fluctuations (modal values), the largest in the period 1900 to 1940 and another with a larger value in the decade of 1970-80. Figure 1. 2 shows the number of total deaths from the greatest earthquakes that occurred in the XX century. Although the number of victims has a tendency to decrease with time, the economic losses are increasing significantly (see Chapter 18 of this book). Table 1. 1. World earthquakes since 1900 with number of deaths greater than 10 000 Year Region Deaths Magnitude Year Region Deaths Magnitude 1905 India 19000 8. 6 1960 Agadir, Morocco 12000 5. 9 1906 Chile 20000 8. 6 1962 Iran 12000 7. 3 1907 Central Asia 12000 8. 1 1968 Iran 10000 7. 3 1908 Italy 70000 7. 5 1970 Yunnan, China 10000 7. 5 1915 Italy 29980 7. 5 1970 Peru 67000 7. 7 1917 Indonesia 15000 - 1972 Nicaragua 10000 6. 2 1918 China 10000 7. 3 1976 Guatemala 23000 7. 5 1920 China 220000 8. 5 1976 242000 7. 8 Tangshan, China 1923 Japon 142807 7. 9 1978 25000 7.

Editors and Affiliations

  • DECivil/ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Sousa Oliveira

  • Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Roca, Xavier Goula

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