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Shipping list no.: 87-119-P. ; "October 1986." ; "Recission: H-08-8, dated June 1973; revised March 1974, October 1978, and May 1981"--P. [i]. ; Cover title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

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?The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called "earthquake engineering" and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather than a building, scale. This work deals with the impact of earthquakes, including also a broader view on multihazards in urban areas. Uniquely among other works in the field, particular importance is given to urban planning issues, in conservation of heritage and emergency management. Multicriteria decision making and broad participation of those affected by disasters are included.

Intro -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Objective -- Scope -- Structure -- 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR SEISMIC DESIGN AND GENERAL SEISMIC DESIGN ASPECTS -- External hazards -- Engineering design rules -- Design extension conditions -- Heat transfer to an ultimate heat sink -- Control room -- Other seismic design aspects -- 3. INPUT FOR SEISMIC DESIGN -- General concepts of seismic design -- Design basis earthquake -- Required input from the site evaluation process -- Final site response analysis for the seismic hazard assessment -- Determination of the design basis earthquake -- Beyond design basis earthquake -- Seismic categorization for structures, systems and components -- Selection of seismic design and qualification standards -- 4. SEISMIC DESIGN OF STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS -- Layout of the installation -- Buildings and civil structures -- Engineered earth structures and buried structures -- Seismically isolated structures -- Mechanical equipment -- Storage tanks -- Piping -- Buried pipes -- Electrical equipment, control and instrumentation -- Cable trays and conduits -- Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning ducts -- Seismic capacity -- 5. SEISMIC ANALYSIS -- Site response analysis -- Structural response -- Dynamic soil-structure interaction -- Direct methods -- Substructuring methods -- Structure-soil-structure interaction -- Combination of earthquake loads with other loads -- 6. SEISMIC QUALIFICATION -- Qualification methods -- Qualification by analysis -- Qualification by testing -- Types of test and typical application fields -- Planning -- Qualification by a combination of analysis and testing -- Qualification by indirect methods -- 7. SEISMIC MARGIN TO BE ACHIEVED BY THE DESIGN -- Concept of seismic margin -- Adequate seismic margin -- Procedures to assess the seismic margin.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Earthquakes as Events of Inter- and Intra-disciplinary Character-With Special Reference to the Gorkha 2015 Earthquake in Nepal -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Earthquakes and Related Hazards in Nepal -- 3 Damage Related to the Gorkha Earthquake-Prevention, Restoration -- 4 Disaster Management and Economics -- 5 Living with Earthquake Risk -- 6 Conclusion and Perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Earthquakes and Related Hazards -- 2 Should All of Nepal Be Treated as Having the Same Earthquake Hazard? -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Hazard Maps -- 3 How Detailed Should Hazard Maps Be? -- 4 Hazard Map Uncertainties for Nepal -- 5 Insights from Japan -- 6 Methodology -- 7 Results -- 8 Implications for Hazard Mitigation -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Analysis of Landslides Triggered by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Geological Setting and Seismicity in the Himalaya -- 1.2 Gorkha Earthquake and Its Impacts -- 2 Landslides Triggered by the Gorkha Earthquake -- 2.1 Spatial Characteristics of Landslides -- 2.2 Future Hazard and Risk -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 The 1985 (M8.1) Michoacán Earthquake and Its Effects in Mexico City -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geology Frame -- 3 The 1985 Earthquake Characteristics -- 4 Effects of Soil Amplification and Structural Damage -- 5 New Building Code Regulations -- 6 Accelerometric Network, Alert System and Institutional Outreach -- 7 Conclusions -- 8 Addendum -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Damage, Prevention, Restoration -- 5 Lessons from Building Damage Patterns During April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives and Methodology of the Detailed Damage Assessment -- 2.1 Objectives

This book first provides a comprehensive guideline for future disaster-resistant city planning in large cities in disaster-prone countries such as Japan. It is a compilation of knowledge and know-how obtained through the authors work in the national government for one and half years in the Earthquake Reconstruction Headquarters, right after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on 17 January 1995. The author has carefully examined the various ad hoc measures taken just after the earthquake, which were criticized because they did not work as well as expected. Additionally, he has examined the later revisions in disaster and risk management systems made at the levels of local and national governments through experience in the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, to which the author had long been committed. The author argues that the rescue activities, rehabilitation, and reconstruction plans for disaster countermeasures implemented once a disaster has occurred and the city planning established in ordinary times should be extremely tightly connected with each other. City planning that subsumes rescue activities, rehabilitation, and reconstruction plans against what ought to have happened would critically improve the capability of crisis management and, consequently, protect life and property once a disaster has occurred. Such city planning eventually creates disaster-resistant cities. This book assumes readers to be graduate students who study city planning. It is also beneficial for practitioners and policy makers who are in charge of the construction of disaster-resistant cities at the national and local levels of governments, especially in disaster-prone countries.

The European Union, enlarged to include the EFTA countries for a total of eighteen european states, is concluding the first phase of preparation of a homogeneous set of Standards for structural design, called the Eurocodes. It is intended that these Standards will ultimately acquire a supranational level and will supersede national codes. Eurocode 8, dealing with seismic design, has just recently reached the status of a Pre-Standard, which allows it to be adopted in any of the above states. By providing an outline of the content of Eurocode 8, it is hoped to raise the interest of the international community towards it, both with a view to the benefits that can be expected from their interaction and, in the longer run, to a more far reaching harmonization of technical codes.