Overview

"The recent destructive earthquakes of Kocaeli and Duzce in Turkey exemplify the high seismic risk of the Mediterranean area, close to the contact between various tectonic plates and therefore frequently shaken by earthquakes of medium or high intensity. The scientific, social and political awareness of the seismic risk prompted the Italian Department of Civil Protection to fund a Research Project on earthquake damage scenarios for a high-risk area in the Mediterranean. A subsequent Research Project, focussed on detailed scenarios and actions for seismic prevention of damage, was financed by the ""Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia"" (INGV). A multidisciplinary team researched the analysis and mitigation of seismic risk in Catania, a mid-sized Mediterranean city subjected to medium-high earthquake risk. This book summarises the results of the two-year project, which involved geology, geophysics, geotechnical, structural and transportation engineering and urban planning.The book includes material that will be valuable to many specialists including environmental, civil, earthquake and civil defence engineers, geologists, geophysicists and town planners, and will be a useful guideline for seismic hazard assessment and seismic risk evaluation, prevention and mitigation."

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Author:   Michele Maugeri
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Edition:   Illustrated edition
Volume:   No. 14
ISBN:  

9781845640040

ISBN 10:   1845640047
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   28 July 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Source characterization and seismic action Chapter 1: The sources of the two destructive earthquakes of 1693 retrieved by automatic inversions Chapter 2: Numerical modelling of the December 13, 1990, M = 5.8 Eastern Sicily earthquake Chapter 3: Seismic response from microtremors in Catania (Sicily, Italy) Chapter 4: Seismic response in Catania by different methodologies Part II: Site effects Chapter 5: Geology of the urban area of Catania (Eastern Sicily) Chapter 6: Geolithological features and site response in the town of Catania Chapter 7: Non-linear behaviour of sandy soil for the city of Catania Chapter 8: Site effects in the cultural heritage areas of the city of Catania, Part III: Vulnerability of physical environment Chapter 9: Vulnerability of physical environment of the city of Catania using GIS technique Chapter 10: Seismic response analysis of Monte Po hill (Catania) Chapter 11: Cavities and hypogeal structures of the historical part of the city of Catania Part IV: Soil-structure interaction Chapter 12: Experimental and numerical modelling of a scaled soil-structure system Chapter 13: Evaluation of the dynamic bearing capacity of a masonry building by means of a characteristics line method Chapter 14: A procedure for seismic design of retaining walls Part V: Vulnerability of buildings Chapter 15: A shell for the construction of knowledge bases aimed at assessing the behaviour of RC buildings under seismic actions Chapter 16: Seismic performance of a reinforced concrete building not designed to withstand earthquake loading Part VI: Seismic structural improvement of monuments and RC buildings Chapter 17: Methodology and techniques for seismic protection of the monumental patrimony Chapter 18: Seismic resistance of a reinforced concrete building retrofitted via base isolation Chapter 19: A systematic approach concerning the assessment and strengthening of reinforced concrete buildings of Catania city Part VII: Early alarm and vulnerability of infrastructure systems and urban road Chapter 20: SN-1 - The first Italian seafloor observatory for seismic monitoring Chapter 21: Seismic hazard evaluation for buried pipes crossing unstable slopes Chapter 22: Functional analysis of the urban road network in seismic emergencies: a GIS application on Catania city

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