This volume covers the interdisciplinary field of disaster
mitigatition against earthquakes with special emphasis on
prevention of total collapse of existing low rise buildings towards
reduction of life losses and economical assets. Rehabilitation of
thousands of low-rise buildings in many big cities located in
earthquake prone areas, is practically impossible even though there
are experimentally and analytically approved intervention
techniques to protect these existing buildings. It is simply not
possible to find a proper way and proper amount of financial
support to do this job. It will be more realistic to change the
target to be achieved in a relatively short time, especially if
time shortage starts to become the most critical issue. The new
target can be specified as the prevention of total collapse of
low-rise low-cost existing buildings, at least to save as much
lives and property as possible. Simple prescriptive techniques,
which can be implemented by the building owners, should be
prepared. The cost of the improvement techniques, all kinds of
legal, economical and social issues for convincing people, and
promotions such as tax exemptions should be discussed in detail.
Writers of all chapters are leading researchers and engineers
working in the field of structural and earthquake engineering. The
book will start with an introduction chapter written by Prof.
Helmut Krawinkler of Stanford University. In this chapter, past and
present of studies towards seismically safe design and construction
will be introduced, as well as potential future trends in
structural and earthquake engineering. In other chapters, different
subjects will be presented under three main titles, namely;
determination of seismic risks, seismic safety assessment of
existing buildings, and measures for prevention of total
collapse.
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