Dramatic images of heaps of rubble produced in Italy by destructive earthquakes show the extreme vulnerability of urban systems and territory and the need for urgent measures to protect citizens, buildings, artistic heritage and landscape. According to this study, the reduction of vulnerability must go through ordinary city planning tools, prepared in time of seismic silence. They must be a strong reference point also for reconstruction. Therefore, a correct planning in seismic areas must be based on a deep knowledge of the territory, of its physical, historical and cultural characters. In this context, the studies of seismic microzonation have a central role in providing information about amplification phenomena linked to the interactions between seismic waves and soils and they are indispensable to manage an extraordinary event with ordinary urban planning instruments, as might be wished in an advanced nation.
SEISMIC MICROZONATION: AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR URBAN PLANNING IN SEISMIC AREAS
AVERSA, STEFANO;
2016-01-01
Abstract
Dramatic images of heaps of rubble produced in Italy by destructive earthquakes show the extreme vulnerability of urban systems and territory and the need for urgent measures to protect citizens, buildings, artistic heritage and landscape. According to this study, the reduction of vulnerability must go through ordinary city planning tools, prepared in time of seismic silence. They must be a strong reference point also for reconstruction. Therefore, a correct planning in seismic areas must be based on a deep knowledge of the territory, of its physical, historical and cultural characters. In this context, the studies of seismic microzonation have a central role in providing information about amplification phenomena linked to the interactions between seismic waves and soils and they are indispensable to manage an extraordinary event with ordinary urban planning instruments, as might be wished in an advanced nation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
