Seismic Ground Motion in Large Urban Areas /

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...

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Main Author: Panza, Giuliano F.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Paskaleva, Ivanka, Nunziata, Concettina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2004.
Series:Pageoph topical volumes.
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505 0 |a Seismicity and Ground Motion Zoning of Algiers, Alexandria, Beijing, Bucharest, Cairo, Dehli, Napoli, Santiago de Cuba, Sofia, Thessaloniki, and Zagreb -- Seismicity of Morocco for the Period of 1987-1994 -- The Nile Valley of Egypt -- Duration Magnitude Scale and Site Residuals for Northern Morocco -- Using Active Faults and Seismicity for the Strong Motion Modeling in the Eastern Riff -- Theoretical Site Response Estimation for Microzoning Purposes -- Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Estimations of Site Effects -- Expert Assessment of the Displacements Provoked by Seismic Events -- Seismic Characterization of Neapolitan Soils. 
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