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Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 10)
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About this book
Many more people are coming to live in earthquake-prone areas, especially urban ones. Many such areas contain low-rise, low-cost housing, while little money is available to retrofit the buildings to avoid total collapse and thus potentially save lives. The lack of money, especially in developing countries, is exacerbated by difficulties with administration, implementation and public awareness.
The future of modern earthquake engineering will come to be dominated by new kinds of measuring technologies, new materials developed especially for low-rise, low-cost buildings, simpler and thus lower cost options for retrofitting, cost cutting and raising public awareness.
The book covers all the areas involved in this complex issue, from the prevention of total building collapse, through improvement techniques, to legal, financial, taxation and social issues.
The contributors have all made valuable contributions in their own particular fields; all of them are or have been closely involved with the issues that can arise in seismic zones in any country. The recent research results published here offer invaluable pointers to practicing engineers and administrators, as well as other scientists whose work involves saving the lives and property of the many millions of people who live and work in hazardous buildings.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting
Book Subtitle: With Special Emphasis on Existing Low Rise Structures
Editors: Alper Ilki, Faruk Karadogan, Sumru Pala, Ercan Yuksel
Series Title: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2681-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2680-4Published: 02 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3066-3Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2681-1Published: 03 October 2009
Series ISSN: 1573-6059
Series E-ISSN: 1872-4671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 495
Topics: Building Construction and Design, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Solid Mechanics, Earth Sciences, general, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Building Materials