This book provides an integrated approach to the assessment of
seismic hazards. The reduction of losses expected by future
earthquakes is probably the most important contribution of
seismology to society. Large earthquakes occurred in densely
populated areas highlight the dramatic inadequacy of a massive
portion of the buildings demonstrating the high risks of modern
industrial societies. Building earthquake-resistant structures and
retrofitting old buildings on a national scale can be extremely
expensive and can represent an economic challenge even for
developed western countries. Earthquakes can cause also several
psychological problems due to the fact that such kind of disasters
will result in casualties, collapsing of houses, strategic
buildings and facilities and deeply affect a community. Moreover in
our society it is necessary to properly plan emergency responses
and rescues taking into account any possible secondary effect in
order to avoid more casualties.
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