Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bostenaru Dan, Maria (Editor), Armas, Iuliana (Editor), Goretti, Agostino (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Environmental Hazards
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather...