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Seismic Ground Motion In Large Urban Areas (pageoph Topical Volumes) by A. Harbi, S. Maouche, A. Ayadi, D. Benouar (auth.), Giuliano F. Panza, Ivanka Paskaleva, Concettina Nunziata (eds.) is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>The accelerated, and often uncontrolled, growth of the cities has contributed to the ecological transformation of their immediate surroundings. Factors contributing to the urban vulnerability include: lowering or rising of the water table, subsidence, loss of bearing capacity of soil foundations and instability of slopes. Recent catastrophic earthquakes highlight the poor understanding by decision makers of seismic related risk, as well as the tendency of some builders to use the cheapest des
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- A. Harbi, S. Maouche, A. Ayadi, D. Benouar (auth.), Giuliano F. Panza, Ivanka Paskaleva, Concettina Nunziata (eds.)
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783034873550
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Mathematics, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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