Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure

Neodeterministic (NDSHA) Approach Guarantees Prevention Rather Than Cure

Giuliano Panza, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Efraim Laor, Benedetto DeVivo, Giuliano Panza, Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Efraim Laor, Benedetto DeVivo

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780128235034
• eBook ISBN: 9780128235416
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geophysics

Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure: Neodeterministic (NDSHA) Approach Guarantees Prevention Rather Than Cure communicates in one comprehensive volume the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on earthquakes and related risks. Earthquakes occur in a seemingly random way and, in some cases, it is possible to trace seismicity back to the concept of deterministic chaos. Therefore, seismicity can be explained by a deterministic mechanism that arises as a result of various convection movements in the Earth's mantle, expressed in the modern movement of lithospheric plates fueled by tidal forces. Consequently, to move from a perspective focused on the response to emergencies to a new perspective based on prevention and sustainability, it is necessary to follow this neodeterministic approach (NDSHA) to guarantee prevention, saving lives and infrastructure. This book describes in a complete and consistent way an effective explanation to complex structures, systems, and components, and prescribes solutions to practical challenges. It reflects the scientific novelty and promises a feasible, workable, theoretical and applicative attitude. Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure serves a "commentary role for developers and designers of critical infrastructure and unique installations. Commentary-like roles follow standard, where there is no standard. Mega-installations embody/potentiate risks; nonetheless, lack a comprehensive classic standard. Every compound is unique, one of its kind, and differs from others even of similar function. There is no justification to elaborate a common standard for unique entities. On the other hand, these specific installations, for example, NPPs, Naval Ports, Suez Canal, HazMat production sites, and nuclear waste deposits, impose security and safety challenges to people and the environment. The book offers a benchmark for entrepreneurs, designers, constructors, and operators on how to compile diverse relevant information on site-effects and integrate it into the best-educated guess to keep safe and secure, people and environment. The authors are eager to convey the entire information and explanations to our readers, without missing either accurate information or explanations. That is achieved by "miniaturization, as much is possible, not minimization. So far, the neodeterministic method has been successfully applied in numerous metropolitan areas and regions such as Delhi (India), Beijing (China), Naples (Italy), Algiers (Algeria), Cairo (Egypt), Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), Thessaloniki (Greece), South-East Asia (2004), Tohoku, Japan (2011), Albania (2019), Bangladesh, Iran, Sumatra, Ecuador, and elsewhere. Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure includes case studies from these areas, as well as suggested applications to other seismically active areas around the globe. NDSHA approaches confirm/validate that science is looming to warn. Concurrently, leaders and practitioners have to learn to use rectified science in favor of peoples' safety. State-of-the-art science does have the know-how to reduce casualties and structural damage from potential catastrophes to a bearable incident. - The only book to cover earthquake prediction and preparation from a neo-deterministic (NDSHA) approach - Includes case studies from metropolitan areas where the neo-deterministic method has been successfully applied - Editors and authors include top experts in academia, disaster prevention, and preparedness management

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contributors
• About the editors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Hazard, risks, and prediction
• Chapter 2 Seismic hazard assessment from the perspective of disaster prevention
• Chapter 3 The view of a structural engineer about reliable seismic hazard assessment
• Chapter 4 Disaster prediction and civil preparedness
• Chapter 5 The integration between seismology and geodesy for intermediate-term narrow-range earthquake prediction according to NDSHA
• Chapter 6 Modeling the block-and-fault structure dynamics with application to studying seismicity and geodynamics
• Chapter 7 Morphostructural zoning for identifying earthquake-prone areas
• Chapter 8 Earthquake forecasting and time-dependent neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment in Italy and surroundings
• Chapter 9 Spreading NDSHA application from Italy to other areas
• Chapter 10 S-wave velocity profiling for site response evaluation in urban areas
• Chapter 11 A user-friendly approach to NDSHA computations
• Chapter 12 Recent applications of NDSHA: seismic input for high rise buildings in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital
• Chapter 13 Neodeterministic method to assess the seismic performance of water distribution networks
• Chapter 14 Seismic hazard analysis in a historical context: experience at caltrans and elsewhere
• Chapter 15 Where there is no science – probabilistic hazard assessment in volcanological and nuclear waste settings: facts, needs, and challenges in Italy
• Chapter 16 Seismic hazard and earthquake engineering for engineering community
• Chapter 17 Scenario-based seismic hazard analysis and its applications in the central United States
• Chapter 18 NDSHA achievements in Central and South-eastern Europe
• Chapter 19 Application of NDSHA to historical urban areas
• Chapter 20 Insights from neo-deterministic seismic hazard analyses in Romania
• Chapter 21 NDSHA in Bulgaria
• Chapter 22 NDSHA-based vulnerability evaluation of precode buildings in Republic of North Macedonia: novel experiences
• Chapter 23 Seismic characterization of Tirana–Durrës–Lezha region (northwestern Albania) and analysis effort through NSHDA method
• Chapter 24 Regional application of the NDSHA approach for continental seismogenic sources in the Iberian Peninsula
• Chapter 25 NDSHA applied to China
• Chapter 26 Application of neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment to India
• Chapter 27 Neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment for Pakistan
• Chapter 28 Neo-deterministic seismic hazard assessment studies for Bangladesh
• Chapter 29 Application of NDSHA at regional and local scale in Iran
• Chapter 30 Application of neodeterministic seismic hazard analysis to Sumatra
• Author Index
• Subject Index