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Title: | Volcanic hazard |
Authors: | Dumaisnil, Céline Thouret, Jean-Claude Muzeau, Jean-Pierre |
Keywords: | Volcanic hazard analysis Volcanic eruptions -- Risk assessment Volcanic eruptions -- Safety measures Buildings -- Effect of volcanic eruptions on Earthquake resistant design |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Building & Civil Engineering |
Citation: | Dumaisnil, C., Thouret, J. C., & Muzeau, J. P. (2008). Volcanic hazard. In Mazzolani, F. M., Mistakidis, E., Borg, R. P., Byfield, M., De Matteis, G., Dubina.,..Wang, Y. (Eds.), Urban habitat constructions under catastrophic events: COST Action C26 (pp. 371-382). Malta: University of Malta. Dept. of Builiding & Civil Engineering. |
Abstract: | ▪ In 2000, an estimated 500 million people were living within a distance of 100 km from an
active volcano. Twice during the twentieth century two large towns were destroyed by
eruptions: St Pierre, Martinique, in 1902 and Armero, Colombia, in 1985. Major
population centres lie within ten to twenty kilometers from several large volcanoes with a
likelihood of eruption during this century, e.g., Naples near Vesuvius and Arequipa near
El Misti (see Fig. 2). ▪ It is therefore needed: 1) to minimize the risk of loss of life from structure collapse or damage in the event of an eruption; 2) to facilitate appropriate warning and evacuation systems; 3) to protect food-producing areas and other areas of significant economic activity; 4) to improve the expected performance of structures and lifelines; 5) to improve the functional capability of structures and lifelines that are essential to post-eruption recovery during and after an eruption, and to minimize the risk of damage to hazardous facilities. [excerpt from the main reason of the study] |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85530 |
ISBN: | 9789990944402 |
Appears in Collections: | Urban habitat constructions under catastrophic events : COST Action C26 |
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