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Seismic Ground Motion in Large Urban Areas

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Editors:
  1. Giuliano F. Panza

    1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
      SAND Group, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

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  2. Ivanka Paskaleva

    1. Central Laboratory of Seismic Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering CLSMEE, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  3. Concettina Nunziata

    1. Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

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  • Summarizes the main results of the UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP project: Realistic Modelling of Seismic Input for Megacities and Large Urban Areas
  • New Findings in ground-motion modeling, hazard prediction, risk assessment, and hazard mapping in connection with seismic activity

Part of the book series: Pageoph Topical Volumes (PTV)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-948
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  2. Seismicity and Tectonic Structures in the Site of Algiers and its Surroundings: A Step Towards Microzonation

    • A. Harbi, S. Maouche, A. Ayadi, D. Benouar, G. F. Panza, H. Benhallou
    Pages 949-967

  3. Seismicity of Morocco for the Period 1987–1994

    • S. O. El Alami, B. Tadili, L. Aït Brahim, I. Mouayn
    Pages 969-982

  4. The Nile Valley of Egypt: A Major Active Graben that Magnifies Seismic Waves

    • A. El-Sayed, F. Vaccari, G. F. Panza
    Pages 983-1002

  5. Seismicity and Seismic Hazard in Alexandria (Egypt) and its Surroundings

    • A. El-Sayed, I. Korrat, H. M. Hussein
    Pages 1003-1019

  6. Linear Amplification of Horizontal Strong Ground Motion in Zagreb (Croatia) for a Realistic Range of Scaled Point Sources

    • Marijan Herak, Ivan Lokmer, Franco Vaccari, Giuliano F. Panza
    Pages 1021-1040

  7. Ground Motion Zoning of Santiago de Cuba: An Approach by SH Waves Modelling

    • Leonardo Alvarez, Julio García, Franco Vaccari, Giuliano F. Panza, Bertha González, Carmen Reyes et al.
    Pages 1041-1059

  8. Duration Magnitude Scale and Site Residuals for Northern Morocco

    • Issam Mouayn, Ben Aissa Tadili, Lahsen Aït Brahim, Mohamed Ramdani, Mohamed Limouri, Nacer Jabour
    Pages 1061-1080

  9. Using Active Faults and Seismicity for the Strong Motion Modeling in the Eastern Rif (Northern Morocco)

    • L. Aït Brahim, B. Tadili, C. Nakhcha, I. Mouayn, M. Ramdani, M. Limouri et al.
    Pages 1081-1091

  10. Realistic Modeling of Seismic Wave Ground Motion in Beijing City

    • Z. Ding, F. Romanelli, Y. T. Chen, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1093-1106

  11. Estimation of Site Effects in Beijing City

    • Z. Ding, Y. T. Chen, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1107-1123

  12. Microzonation of Bucharest: State-of-the-Art

    • C. L. Moldoveanu, M. Radulian, Gh. Marmureanu, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1125-1147

  13. Deterministic Approach for the Seismic Microzonation of Bucharest

    • C. O. Cioflan, B. F. Apostol, C. L. Moldoveanu, G. F. Panza, Gh. Marmureanu
    Pages 1149-1164

  14. Site-specific Microzonation Study in Delhi Metropolitan City by 2-D Modelling of SH and P-SV Waves

    • Imtiyaz A. Parvez, F. Vaccari, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1165-1184

  15. PART I: Theoretical Site Response Estimation for Microzoning Purposes

    • P. Triantafyllidis, P. Suhadolc, P. M. Hatzidimitriou, A. Anastasiadis, N. Theodulidis
    Pages 1185-1203

  16. PART II: Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Estimations of Site Effects

    • P. Triantafyllidis, P. M. Hatzidimitriou, P. Suhadolc, N. Theodulidis, A. Anastasiadis
    Pages 1205-1219

  17. Deterministic Earthquake Scenarios for the City of Sofia

    • S. Slavov, I. Paskaleva, M. Kouteva, F. Vaccari, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1221-1237

  18. Seismic Ground Motion in Napoli for the 1980 Irpinia Earthquake

    • C. Nunziata
    Pages 1239-1264

  19. Expert Assessment of the Displacements Provoked by Seismic Events: Case Study for the Sofia Metropolitan Area

    • I. Paskaleva, M. Matova, G. Frangov
    Pages 1265-1283

  20. Seismic Characterization of Neapolitan Soils

    • C. Nunziata, M. Natale, G. F. Panza
    Pages 1285-1300
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About this book

The accelerated, and often uncontrolled, growth of the cities has contributed to the ecological transformation of their immediate surroundings. Factors contributing to the urban vulnerability include: lowering or rising of the water table, subsidence, loss of bearing capacity of soil foundations and instability of slopes. Recent catastrophic earthquakes highlight the poor understanding by decision makers of seismic related risk, as well as the tendency of some builders to use the cheapest designs and construction materials to increase short-term economic returns on their investment.

Losses from earthquakes will continue to increase if we do not shift towards proactive solution. Disaster reduction is both an issue for consideration in the sustainable development agenda and a cross-cutting issue relating to the social, economic, environmental and humanitarian sectors. As location is the key factor, which determines the level of risk associated with a hazard, land-use plans and mapping should be used as tools to identify the most suitable usage for vulnerable areas.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Giuliano F. Panza

  • SAND Group, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Giuliano F. Panza

  • Central Laboratory of Seismic Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering CLSMEE, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ivanka Paskaleva

  • Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Concettina Nunziata

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seismic Ground Motion in Large Urban Areas

  • Editors: Giuliano F. Panza, Ivanka Paskaleva, Concettina Nunziata

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7355-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7042-8Published: 23 April 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-7355-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 368

  • Number of Illustrations: 174 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Real Functions

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