Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Post-Soviet Central Asian Republics

✍ Scribed by A. Nurmagambetov, N. Mikhailova, W. Iwan (auth.), Stephanie A. King, Vitaly I. Khalturin, Brian E. Tucker (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Leaves: 266
Series: NATO ASI Series 52
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Summarises the currently available seismic and engineering data pertaining to the seismic hazard of the capitals of the Central Asian republics. The conclusion is that the risk to residents of these cities is extremely high. There is a roughly 40% probability that an earthquake will occur near one of the Central Asian republic's capitals within the next 20 years. Such an event will produce ground shaking in the affected city equal to the maximum ground shaking experienced in Armenia and Sakhalin, i.e. MSK IX. The event will cause tens of thousands of fatalities and at least 100,000 serious injuries.
Audience: All people interested in the development of the post-Soviet Central Asian Republics. Earthquake engineers in particular will appreciate the summary of the latest seismic hazard and building vulnerability data of the region; the best compilation of these data available in the English language.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Seismic Hazard of the Central Asia Region....Pages 1-43
Earthquake Resistance of Multi-Story Residential Buildings in Central Asian Capital Cities....Pages 45-65
Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Kazakhstan....Pages 67-92
Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Kyrgyzstan....Pages 93-105
Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Tajikistan....Pages 107-125
Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Turkmenistan....Pages 127-145
Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Uzbekistan....Pages 147-180
Destruction of Standard Residential Buildings in the 1988 Spitak, Armenia Earthquake....Pages 181-196
The December 7, 1988 Spitak, Armenia Earthquake: Results of Analysis of Structural Behavior....Pages 197-227
Lessons of the 1995 Sakhalin and 1994 Kuril Islands Earthquakes....Pages 229-235
Assessment of Seismic Resistance of Soviet Mass Construction Buildings — Almaty as an Example....Pages 237-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-255

✦ Subjects

Geophysics/Geodesy; Civil Engineering; Social Sciences, general

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