
Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure
Neodeterministic (NDSHA) Approach Guarantees Prevention Rather Than Cure
Description
Key Features
- The only book to cover earthquake prediction and preparation from a neo-deterministic (NDSHA) approach
- Includes case studies from metropolitan areas where the neo-deterministic method has been successfully applied
- Editors and authors include top experts in academia, disaster prevention, and preparedness management
Readership
Geophysicists, geochemists, exploration geologists, seismologists, volcanologists, most categories of engineers from civil to mechanical, from chemical to computer, from bio-medical to electrical; disaster managers, emergency managers, high-ranking officials with governmental and municipality echelons, logistic officers of military services, infrastructure entrepreneurs, financial and insurance industry employees, multidisciplinary students, researchers, and university professors
Table of Contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Hazard, risks, and prediction
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The core seed of disaster
- 3. What do we know about earthquakes?
- 4. Seismic hazard and associated risks
- 5. Prediction
- 6. Discussion and conclusions
- Chapter 2. Seismic hazard assessment from the perspective of disaster prevention
- Part I: Requirements and state of the art
- Part II: Procedure and practical example
- Chapter 3. The view of a structural engineer about reliable seismic hazard assessment
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A set of inconsistent myths
- 3. Weaknesses in current seismic design philosophy
- 4. Reliable seismic hazard
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Disaster prediction and civil preparedness
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Effective prediction time
- 3. An unbridgeable gap between response capabilities and scale of losses
- 4. Increase cooperation with the international emergency response system
- 5. Given days
- 6. Given seconds—minutes—hours
- 7. Given years one cannot
- 8. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. The integration between seismology and geodesy for intermediate-term narrow-range earthquake prediction according to NDSHA
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Time independent narrow-range signatures for earthquake prediction: a geodetic GNSS-based approach
- 3. Intermediate-term narrow-range earthquake prediction: the benefit of geodesy and seismology synergy
- 4. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 6. Modeling the block-and-fault structure dynamics with application to studying seismicity and geodynamics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brief description of the BAFD model
- 3. Summary of the results obtained by means of the BAFD model
- 4. Discussion and conclusion
- Chapter 7. Morphostructural zoning for identifying earthquake-prone areas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Morphostructural zoning: basic definitions and an application for the Italian region
- 3. Nodes and earthquakes
- 4. Identification of seismogenic nodes by pattern recognition
- 5. Validity of the methodology
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 8. Earthquake forecasting and time-dependent neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment in Italy and surroundings
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Intermediate-term middle-range earthquake predictions based on precursory seismicity patterns
- 3. Earthquake forecasting by CN and M8S algorithms in Italy
- 4. Neo-deterministic time-dependent seismic hazard scenarios for the Italian territory
- 5. Discussion and conclusions
- Chapter 9. Spreading NDSHA application from Italy to other areas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rome
- 3. Valparaìso
- 4. Trieste
- 5. Discussion
- Chapter 10. S-wave velocity profiling for site response evaluation in urban areas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodologies
- 3. Noise cross-correlation experiments for the definition of VS models
- 4. VS models
- 5. Site effects
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 11. A user-friendly approach to NDSHA computations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Once upon a (CPU) time…
- 3. Back to the future
- 4. Toward user friendliness
- 5. XeRiS
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 12. Recent applications of NDSHA: seismic input for high rise buildings in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Input data for hazard computation
- 4. Ground shaking scenarios
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 13. Neodeterministic method to assess the seismic performance of water distribution networks
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Resilience of water distribution network
- 3. Case study
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 14. Seismic hazard analysis in a historical context: experience at caltrans and elsewhere
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Deterministic approach used in California from early 1970s to date
- 3. Oppositions to the MCE-based seismic hazards
- 4. A remarkable negative experience
- 5. Other experience
- 6. Two favorite recollections
- 7. Concluding remarks, questions, and suggestions
- 8. Questions
- 9. Suggestions
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 15. Where there is no science – probabilistic hazard assessment in volcanological and nuclear waste settings: facts, needs, and challenges in Italy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hazard and volcanic risk to Somma-Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei
- 3. Radioactive waste storage in salt formations at Scanzano Jonico site (southern Italy)
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 16. Seismic hazard and earthquake engineering for engineering community
- 1. Consequences of earthquakes
- 2. Seismic hazard
- 3. Earthquake mitigation measures and modern earthquake engineering
- 4. Motivations of offshore earthquake engineering
- 5. Closing remarks
- Chapter 17. Scenario-based seismic hazard analysis and its applications in the central United States
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Scenario seismic hazard analysis
- 3. Scenario ground motions and hazard maps for Kentucky
- 4. Discussion
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 18. NDSHA achievements in Central and South-eastern Europe
- 1. Introduction—reliable seismic hazard assessment—a prerequisite for building disaster-resilient and environmentally friendly society
- 2. The NDSHA multiaspect power
- 3. Conclusive remarks
- Chapter 19. Application of NDSHA to historical urban areas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Case study of Poggio Picenze (Abruzzo region, central Italy)
- 3. Case study of Napoli (Campania region, southern Italy)
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 20. Insights from neo-deterministic seismic hazard analyses in Romania
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Seismicity and earthquake source zones in Romania
- 3. Seismic hazard at national scale
- 4. Seismic hazard at local scale
- 5. Discussion and conclusion
- Chapter 21. NDSHA in Bulgaria
- 1. Introduction
- 2. NDSHA applications in Bulgaria
- 3. Sofia NDSHA case study
- 4. Russe NDSHA case study
- 5. Conclusive remarks
- Chapter 22. NDSHA-based vulnerability evaluation of precode buildings in Republic of North Macedonia: novel experiences
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Experiences and motivation—a chronological overview
- 3. Seismowall research project
- 4. Case study
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 23. Seismic characterization of Tirana–Durrës–Lezha region (northwestern Albania) and analysis effort through NSHDA method
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Geological and tectonic background of the study area
- 3. Definition of the structural model
- 4. Seismic zonation
- 5. Method and results
- 6. Discussions
- Chapter 24. Regional application of the NDSHA approach for continental seismogenic sources in the Iberian Peninsula
- 1. Introduction
- 2. NDSHA application at regional scale
- 3. Seismicity in the Iberian Peninsula
- 4. Application of NDSHA in the Iberian Peninsula
- 5. NDSHA results
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 25. NDSHA applied to China
- 1. Continental earthquakes and disaster risk: challenges and scientific problems
- 2. Earthquake forecast/prediction in China: scientific practices and products
- 3. NDSHA applied to China
- 4. Discussion and future perspectives
- Chapter 26. Application of neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment to India
- 1. Introduction
- 2. NDSHA application at national scale
- 3. NDSHA application at regional scale
- 4. NDSHA application at local scale (seismic microzonation)
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 27. Neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment for Pakistan
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Input data
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Results
- 5. Comparison between NDSHA and PSHA maps
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 28. Neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment studies for Bangladesh
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Seismic zoning map
- 3. NDSHA studies at national scale
- 4. NDSHA studies for scenario earthquakes
- 5. NDSHA studies for scenario earthquakes using maximum credible seismic input method
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 29. Application of NDSHA at regional and local scale in Iran
- 1. Introduction
- 2. NDSHA for Alborz region
- 3. Local NDSHA validation in Tehran city
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 30. Application of neodeterministic seismic hazard analysis to Sumatra
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Regional scale NDSHA for Sumatra
- 3. Local scale NDSHA—application to Banda Aceh city
- 4. Discussion and conclusions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 672
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: May 21, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128235034
- eBook ISBN: 9780128235416
About the Editors
Giuliano Panza
Affiliations and Expertise
Vladimir Kossobokov
Affiliations and Expertise
Efraim Laor
Affiliations and Expertise
Benedetto DeVivo
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Giulio B. Fri Nov 18 2022
An excellent message for a safer future
“Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure:Neo-Deterministic (NDSHA) Approach Guarantees Prevention Rather Than Cure”,edited by Giuliano F. Panza, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Efraim Laor and Benedetto De Vivo, is a rich volume containing 30 contributions from 56 authors.The contributions, coming from scholars from all over the world, exhaustively illustrate the state of the art to date of seismic hazard assessment, topic directly connected to the issues of disaster prediction and disaster preparedness.Collecting case studies from all over the world,the book is a right mix of theoretical and empirical contributions and local applications of the theories enunciated.In a historical moment afflicted by the growing number of disasters caused by climate change, the issue of disasters caused by earthquakes or other natural phenomena not directly attributable to the climate often takes a back seat. However, it cannot be ignored how the growing urbanization and densification of many fragile areas risks making the theme of earthquakes unfortunately always on the agenda.The main merit of the volume is to harmonize the voice of its 56 contributors, who basically all agree not to underestimate the seismic danger, anywhere in the world, and to promote more prudential models such as the NDSHA at a time when safety codes are still anchored to obsolete and therefore dangerous systems.The message of the book is to continue to study what is underground, to better prepare life on the surface.