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Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas

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"With today's technical understanding, building collapse in earthquakes should be a thing of the past. Engineers know how to build safely in earthquake prone areas, and modern building techniques have been through extensive theoretical analyses, laboratory testing and reviews over years of research and development. However, the construction process is a complicated one, involving many players and stages, and with increasing populations, ageing buildings and other social and political constraints, the reality is not so ...

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Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas 2021, Wiley-Blackwell

ISBN-13: 9781119619420

Hardcover