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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| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel,
2004.
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| Series: | Pageoph topical volumes.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.