Local communities have adapted for centuries to challenging surroundings, resulting from unforeseen natural hazards. Vernacular architecture often reveals very intelligent responses attuned to the environment. Therefore, the question that emerged was: how did local populations prepare their dwellings to face frequent earthquakes?
It was to respond to this gap in knowledge, that the SEISMIC-V research project was instigated, and this interdisciplinary international publication was prepared. The research revealed the existence of a local seismic culture, in terms of reactive or preventive seismic resistant measures, able to survive, if properly maintained, in areas with frequent earthquakes.
The fundamental contribution and aims of the publication were to enhance:
-The disciplinary interest in vernacular architecture;
-Its contribution to risk mitigation in responding to natural hazards;
-To encourage academic and scientific research collaboration among different disciplines;
-To contribute to the improvement of vernacular dwellings, which half of the world’s population still inhabits nowadays.
Fifty international researchers and experts presented case studies from Latin America, the Mediterranean, Eastern and Central Asia and the Himalayas region, with reference to 20 countries, i.e. Algeria, Bolivia, Bhutan, Chile,
China, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey and a closer detailed analysis of Portugal. This publication brings together 43 contributions, with new
perspectives on seismic retrofitting techniques and relevant data, addressing vernacular architecture; an amazing source of knowledge, and to this day, home to 4 billion people.
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Publisher: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. | Year: 2015 | pages: 415 | ISBN: 9781420017854
This book deals with sealants in the construction industry. The primary focus of the authors is on medium- to high-performance sealants used in buildings and certain civil engineering structures, as this represents the most dynamic segment of the industry. The past two decades have seen enormous advances in the technology and application of construction sealants. Many areas of knowledge converge in the building sealant industry, and the subject is of interest to diverse technical disciplines and relevant in a wide range of technologies and applications. Therefore, the book addresses a broad range of professionals—architects, engineers, material specifiers, contractors, development and technical service personnel at sealant manufacturers, researchers at universities and national test and certification institutes, and the general public who has an interest in sealants.
The sections of this book have been written with the current interests and educational background of various professionals in mind. The various sections cover a wide range of subjects related to building sealants ranging from how to choose sealants and how to determine the key sealant properties and joint design for various applications to specific application tips along with a forensic section on how to determine the causes of sealant failures. The chemistry section will be of interest to technical experts, sealant compounders, or forensic experts. More technical sections address the design and engineering of structurally glazed systems and the chemistry and properties of the various generic types from silicones to hybrids, urethanes, and others.
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fib Bulletin No. 69: Critical comparison of major seismic codes for buildings
Author(s):
fédération internationale du béton (fib)
Edition:
1st
Publish Date:
2013
ISBN:
978-2-88394-109-0
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Technical Report 55: Design guidance for strengthening concrete structures using fibre composite materials
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Concrete Society
Edition:
3rd edition
Publish Date:
2012
Published By:
Concrete Society
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LizardTech GeoExpress - software solution for compression of raster images in the most popular and effective compact formats: MrSID and JPEG 2000 (corresponding to ISO standards).GeoExpress has tools for editing geodatabase, color balancing, compression in a given area and create a mosaic of images with different resolutions.
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Author(s)/Editor(s): Abi O. Aghayere, George F. Limbrunner | Size: 15 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Original preprint | Publisher: Pearson | Year: 2013 | pages: 313 | ISBN: 9780132859295
Reinforced Concrete Design Eighth Edition integrates current research and literature to give readers a modern understanding of the strength and behavior of reinforced concrete members and simple reinforced concrete structural systems. It takes a fundamental, non-calculus, practice-oriented approach to the design and analysis of reinforced concrete structural members, using numerous examples and a step-by-step solution format.
This eighth edition is fully updated to conform to the American Concrete Institute's latest Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-11), the current U.S. design standard. A new chapter discusses practical considerations and rules of thumb for designing reinforced concrete structures, including initial sizing and layout; calculation of approximate moment and shears in concrete girders; repair methods for existing structures, and a new student design project. The text also offers conceptual insights into topics such as prestressed concrete and detailing.
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Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing
Author(s)/Editor(s): Jun Wang | Size: 146 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Original preprint | Publisher: World Scientific | Year: 2011 | pages: 536 | ISBN: 9814295728
In 2003, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency journalist Wang Jun published the bestseller "Beijing Record", the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years. Home to more than 15 million people, this ancient capital city - not surprisingly - has a controversial, complicated history of planning and politics, development and demolition. The publication raises a number of unsettling questions: Why has a valuable historical architecture such as city ramparts, gateways, old temples, memorial archways and the urban fabric of hutongs (traditional alleyways) and siheyuan (courtyard houses) been visibly disappearing for decades? Why are so many houses being demolished at a time of economic growth? Is no one prepared to stand up for the preservation of the city? For his research, Wang went through innumerable archives, read diaries and collected an unprecedented quantity of data, accessing first-hand materials and unearthing photographs that clearly document the city's relentless, unprecedented physical makeover. In addition, he conducted more than 50 in-person interviews with officials, planners, scholars and other experts. Wang's publication presents a survey of the main developments and government-level (both central and municipal) decisions, devoting a lot of attention to the 1950s and 1960s, when Beijing experienced a critical wave of transformative events. Shortly after its publication by SDX joint Publishing Company House in October 2003, "Beijing Records" ignited a firestorm of debate and discussion in a country where public interaction over such a sensitive subject rarely surfaces.
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Urban Landscapes selects 28 outstanding landscape projects.Through comprehensive presentation of pictures, detailed analysis of technical drawings and text descriptions, this book fully reveals the panorama of contemporary landscapes in China. With a unique perspective and rich contents, the book will bring inspiration for landscape designers.
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