Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology

Intro
 Preface
 Contents
 Chapter 1: The Full-Scale Laboratory: The Practice of Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Missions and Their Contribution to Earthq ... 
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 Early Field Investigations
 1.3 Malletś Investigation of the 1857 Neapolitan Earthquake
 1.4 UNESCO Field Missions 1962-1980
 1.4.1 The M=6.1 Skopje Earthquake of 26 July 1963
 1.4.2 The M=6.8 Varto-Üstükran Earthquake of 19 August 1966
 1.4.3 The M=7.1 Mudurnu Valley Earthquake of 22 July 1967
 1.4.4 The M=6.4 Pattan Earthquake of 28 December 1974
 1.4.5 The M=6.3 Gemona di Friuli Earthquake of 6 May 1976. 1.4.6 The M=7.2 Romania Earthquake of 4 March 19771.5 EERI Learning from Earthquakes Programme (1972-2014)
 1.5.1 Contributions to Structural Engineering
 1.5.2 Contributions to Site Effects and Geotechnical Engineering
 1.5.3 Contributions to Lifeline Engineering
 1.5.4 Contributions to Social Science (and Urban Planning)
 1.5.5 Use of Information Technology
 1.6 EEFIT (1982-2014)
 1.7 Other Post-Earthquake Field Reconnaissance Teams
 1.7.1 Japanese Society for Civil Engineering (JSCE)
 1.7.2 German Task Force (GTF)
 1.7.3 AFPS (Association Francaise du Genie Parasismique). 1.8 Some Contributions of Post-Earthquake Field Missions to Earthquake Engineering1.8.1 Understanding Performance of Non-engineered Structures
 1.8.2 Understanding Human Casualties
 1.8.3 Assembly of Data on Earthquake Consequences
 1.8.4 GEM Earthquake Consequences Database
 1.8.5 Post-Earthquake Image Archives
 1.8.6 Use and Limitations of Remote Sensing
 1.9 The Future of Earthquake Field Missions
 1.10 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 2: Rapid Earthquake Loss Assessment After Damaging Earthquakes
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodology
 2.2.1 Ground Motion. 2.2.2 Direct Physical Damage to Building Stock2.2.2.1 Inventory
 2.2.2.2 Fragility Functions
 2.2.3 Casualties as Direct Social Losses
 2.2.4 Estimation of Economic Losses
 2.2.5 Uncertainties in Loss Estimation
 2.3 Earthquake Loss Estimation Software Tools
 2.3.1 HAZUS
 2.3.2 EPEDAT
 2.3.3 SIGE
 2.3.4 KOERILOSS
 2.3.5 ESCENARIS
 2.3.6 CAPRA
 2.3.7 LNECLOSS
 2.3.8 SELENA
 2.3.9 DBELA
 2.3.10 EQSIM
 2.3.11 QUAKELOSS
 2.3.12 NHEMATIS
 2.3.13 EQRM
 2.3.14 OSRE
 2.3.15 ELER
 2.3.16 MAEVIZ
 2.4 Earthquake Rapid Loss Assessment Systems. 2.4.1 PAGER (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response)2.4.1.1 Process
 2.4.1.2 Building and Population Inventories and Fragilities
 2.4.1.3 Economic Loss Estimation
 2.4.2 GDACS: The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
 2.4.3 WAPMERR-QLARM World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction
 2.4.4 ELER: Earthquake Loss Estimation
 2.4.4.1 Demographic and Building Inventory
 2.4.4.2 Building Damage Estimation
 2.4.4.3 Casualty Estimation
 2.4.5 SELENA: Seismic Loss Computation Engine
 2.5 Local Earthquake Rapid Loss Assessment Systems.