The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake : revisited /

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Imprint:[Dordrecht] : Springer, c2009.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 600 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering
Geotechnical, geological, and earthquake engineering.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8888137
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Other authors / contributors:Mendes-Víctor, L. A. (Luiz A.)
ISBN:9781402086090
1402086091
Notes:Description based on print version record.
Table of Contents:
  • The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 in Spanish contemporary authors / Agustín Udías and Alfonso López Arroyo
  • The Lisbon earthquake of November 1st, 1755 : an historical overview of its approach / Maria do Rosário Themudo Barata
  • The great earthquakes of Lisbon 1755 and Aceh 2004 shook the world. Seismologists' societal responsibility / Karl Fuchs
  • Seismic engineering contributions and trends to face future 1755-events / T.P. Tassios
  • Bruce Alan Bolt 1930-2005 professor of seismology, emeritus / David Brillinger, Joseph Penzien and Barbara Romanowicz
  • Catastrophe risk management in developing countries and the last mile / Haresh C. Shah
  • A phenomenological reconstruction of the Mw9 November 1st 1755 earthquake source / Robert Muir-Wood and Arnaud Mignan
  • The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the genesis of the risk management concept / A. Betâmio de Almeida
  • Holistic urban seismic risk evaluation of megacities : application and robustness / Martha Liliana Carreño ... [et al.]
  • Risk estimates for Germany / Friedemann Wenzel, Fouad Bendimenrad and Bruno Merz
  • Traditional and innovative methods for seismic vulnerability assessment at large geographical scales / G.M. Calvi, R. Pinho and G. Magenes
  • Earthquake early warning : real-time prediction of ground motion from the first seconds of seismic recordings / Maren Böse
  • Simulating earthquake scenarios in the European Project LESSLOSS : the case of Lisbon / G. Zonno ... [et al.]
  • How distant earthquakes contribute to seismic hazard in mainland Portugal / José A. Peláez, Carlos López Casado and Jesús Henares
  • Visualization of seismic wavefields and strong ground motions using data from a nationwide strong-motion network and large-scale computer simulation / Takashi Furumura
  • Empirical and theoretical assessment of upper bounds on earthquake ground-motions / Fabio Sabetta
  • Suboceanic Rayleigh waves in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake / A. Vuan ... [et al.]
  • Contribution to the damage interpretation during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake / M. San-Payo ... [et al.]
  • Caveats for nonlinear response assessment of shear wall structures / P. Gülkan
  • Rapid probabilistic assessment of structural systems in earthquake regions / A.S. Elnashai and S.-H. Jeong
  • Development of European shaking tables / R.T. Severn
  • The seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structural walls : experiments and modeling / P. Kotronis ... [et al.]
  • Building performance during recent earthquakes in the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding regions / P. Murphy Corella
  • Seismotectonics of the Azores-Tunisia region / E. Buforn
  • The 1755 Lisbon earthquake : a review and the proposal for a tsunami early warning system in the Gulf of Cadiz / A. Ribeiro ... [et al.]
  • Evaluation of the 1755 earthquake source using tsunami modeling / M.A. Baptista and J.M. Miranda
  • A finite-fault modeling of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake sources / A. Carvalho, A. Campos Costa and Carlos S. Oliveira
  • A statistical study of the seismic intensities of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake / D.R. Brillinger and B.A. Bolt
  • Eyewitness reports of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami from Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia / Robin Spence, Jason Palmer and Regan Potangaroa
  • Towards a global response to large disasters / C. Scawthorn
  • Post-tsunami urban damage assessment in Thailand, using optical satellite imagery and the VIEWS[TM] field reconnaissance system / B. Adams ... [et al.]
  • Lesson learnt and implemented actions after 2002 Molise-Puglia earthquake / A. Goretti and G. Di Pasquale
  • The next 1755
  • myth and reality : priorities and actions to develop in case of an earthquake in the Lisbon metropolitan area / João Azevedo, Sandra Serrano and Carlos S. Oliveira.