Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning [Hardcover]

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.

1. Earthquake hazard impact and urban planning  an introduction

Maria Bostenaru Dan, Iuliana Armas, Agostino Goretti

?Part I: Urban hazard, exposure and vulnerability

2. Active fault systems and their significance for urban planning in Bucharest, Romania

Dumitru Ioane, Mihail Diaconescu, Florina Chitea, George Garbacea

?3. Capacities of remote sensing for population estimation in urban areas

Julia Kubanek, Eike-Marie Nolte, Hannes Taubenb?ck, Friedmann Wenzel, Martin Kappas

?4. The Vulnerability of Fragile Landscape and Complex Hazards. Areas with Potential Risks and Specific Types of Hazards and Vulnerabilities of the Natural, Anthropic and Cultural Landscape in Braila County, Romania?

Cerasella Craciun

?Part II: Earthquake risk assessment

5. Scenarios for Local Seismic Effects of Tulcea (Romania) Crustal Earthquakes - Preliminary Approach of the Seismic Risk Characterization for Tulcea City?

Stefan Florin Balan, Dumitru Ioane, Carmen Cioflan, Ionelia Panea, Bogdal“3