TY - BOOK AU - Tucker, Brian E,ed. TI - Issues in urban earthquake risk SN - 0792329147 U1 - 624.1762 PY - 1994/// CY - Dodrecht PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers N1 - Some Remarks Concerning Worldwide Urban Earthquake Hazard and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation.- Socioeconomic and Political Considerations in Developing Earthquake Damage Scenarios in Urban Areas.- Seismological Information Necessary for Beneficial Earthquake Risk Reduction.- Geotechnical Aspects of the Estimation and Mitigation of Earthquake Risk.- Estimation of Earthquake Damage to Buildings and Other Structures in Large Urban Areas.- Creating the Scenario and Drafting Earthquake Hazard Reduction Initiatives.- The Quito Project: Technical Aspects and Lessons.- Governmental Aspects of the Earthquake Damage Scenario Project of Quito, Ecuador.- Developing a Comprehensive Earthquake Disaster Masterplan for Istanbul.- Seismic Risk on the Territory of the City of Yerevan, Armenia.- Status of Seismic Hazard and Risk Management in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.- Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.- Arguments for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation in the Kamchatka Region.- Seismic Risk and Hazard Reduction in Vancouver, British Columbia.- Earthquake Hazards in the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area.- Earthquake Hazard in El Salvador.- Seismic Safety of the Lima Metropolitan Area.- Earthquake Damage Scenarios in Lisbon for Disaster Preparedness.- Granada Facing an Earthquake.- Seismic Exposure and Mitigation Policy in Nice, France.- The City of Patras-W. Greece: A Natural Seismological Laboratory to Perform Seismic Scenario Practices ER -