TY - BOOK ID - 8432970 TI - Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting : With Special Emphasis on Existing Low Rise Structures AU - Ilki, Alper. AU - Karadogan, Faruk. AU - Pala, Sumru. AU - Yuksel, Ercan. PY - 2009 SN - 9400730667 9048126800 9786612459450 1282459457 9048126819 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Buildings --Earthquake effects. KW - Earthquake engineering. KW - Earthquake hazard analysis. KW - Structural engineering. KW - Earthquake engineering KW - Earthquake hazard analysis KW - Buildings KW - Structural engineering KW - Engineering - General KW - Civil Engineering KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Earthquake effects KW - Earthquake resistant design. KW - Earthquakes KW - Risk assessment. KW - Quakes (Earthquakes) KW - Aseismic design KW - Seismic design KW - Engineering. KW - Earth sciences. KW - Geotechnical engineering. KW - Structural mechanics. KW - Vibration. KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Dynamics. KW - Building. KW - Construction. KW - Engineering, Architectural. KW - Building materials. KW - Building Construction. KW - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. KW - Structural Mechanics. KW - Earth Sciences, general. KW - Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. KW - Building Materials. KW - Design and construction. KW - Earth movements KW - Natural disasters KW - Seismology KW - Structural design KW - Vertical evacuation structures KW - Mechanics. KW - Mechanics, Applied. KW - Geography. KW - Building construction. KW - Building Construction and Design. KW - Solid Mechanics. KW - Cycles KW - Mechanics KW - Sound KW - Cosmography KW - Earth sciences KW - World history KW - Applied mechanics KW - Engineering, Mechanical KW - Engineering mathematics KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Buildings—Design and construction. KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mathematics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Statics KW - Engineering, Geotechnical KW - Geotechnics KW - Geotechnology KW - Engineering geology KW - Geosciences KW - Environmental sciences KW - Physical sciences KW - Architectural engineering KW - Construction KW - Construction science KW - Engineering, Architectural KW - Architecture KW - Construction industry KW - Architectural materials KW - Building KW - Building supplies KW - Construction materials KW - Structural materials KW - Materials KW - Design and construction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8432970 AB - Many more people are coming to live in earthquake-prone areas, especially urban ones. Many such areas contain low-rise, low-cost housing, while little money is available to retrofit the buildings to avoid total collapse and thus potentially save lives. The lack of money, especially in developing countries, is exacerbated by difficulties with administration, implementation and public awareness. The future of modern earthquake engineering will come to be dominated by new kinds of measuring technologies, new materials developed especially for low-rise, low-cost buildings, simpler and thus lower cost options for retrofitting, cost cutting and raising public awareness. The book covers all the areas involved in this complex issue, from the prevention of total building collapse, through improvement techniques, to legal, financial, taxation and social issues. The contributors have all made valuable contributions in their own particular fields; all of them are or have been closely involved with the issues that can arise in seismic zones in any country. The recent research results published here offer invaluable pointers to practicing engineers and administrators, as well as other scientists whose work involves saving the lives and property of the many millions of people who live and work in hazardous buildings. ER -