Advanced seismic hazard assessment pt. II Regional seismic hazard and seismic microzonation case studies

Issues pertaining to urban risks are a pressing concern for people involved in disasters mitigation. Development of effective mitigation strategies requires sound seismic hazard information that is commonly derived through a seismic hazard assessment (SHA). The purpose of SHA is to provide a scientifically consistent estimate of seismic hazard for engineering design and other considerations. The time is ripe to move beyond the old paradigms of the traditional Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA). Although there are many approaches available for SHA, this Topical Issue advocates the advanced methods for SHA that utilize up to date earthquake science and basic scientific principles to derive the seismic hazard in terms of a ground motion or related quantity and its occurrence frequency at a site, as well as the associated uncertainty. The purposes of this Topical Issue are to: (1) identify the issues in the current SHAs, (2) facilitate the development of a scientifically consistent approach for SHA and (3) disseminate, both in scientific and in engineering practice societies, advanced reliable tools for independent hazard estimates, like NDSHA (neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment), which incorporates physically based ground motion models. It provides a fresh approach to seismic hazard analysis. The Topical Issue consists of two parts. The papers published in this volume (Part 2), provide advanced SHA case studies, concerning regional national and metropolitan estimates for different parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, North and South America. Papers dealing with the general issues of SHA methodology review and development are included in Part 1. This volume is addressed to seismologists, engineers and stake-holders, and aims to contribute bridging modern interdisciplinary research and end-users, who have to cope with the problems of the earthquake risk management and natural disasters preparedness. Provides a fresh, but comprehensive multi-disciplinary, physically sound approach to Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment. Bridges the gap between modern interdisciplinary research and problems faced by practitioners in earthquake risk management. Motivates a change in perspective with respect to approaches and paradigms. INDICE: Graves R. et al.; A Summary View of Instrumendal Data on Recent Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Implications for Seismic Hazard. Melkumyan M., Assessment of the Seismic Risk in Yerevan and its Mitigation by Application of Innovative Seismic Isolation Technologies. Xie F. et al.; Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessments for Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan. Molchan G. et al.; Hot-cold spotsin Italian Macroseismic Data.

• ISBN: 978-3-0348-0091-4
• Editorial: Springer Basel
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 09/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés