Seismic hazard and building vulnerability in post-Soviet Central Asian Republics

Author(s)

• King, Stephanie A.
• Khalturin, Vitaly I.
• Tucker, Brian E.

Bibliographic Information

Seismic hazard and building vulnerability in post-Soviet Central Asian Republics

edited by Stephanie A. King, Vitaly I. Khalturin, and Brian E. Tucker

（NATO ASI series, Partnership sub-series 2, Environmental security ; vol. 52）

Kluwer Academic, c1999

Note

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Earthquake Risk Management strategies for Post-Soviet Central Asian Republics : avoiding repetition of 1988 A Sakhalin disasters, Almathy, Kazakhstan, 22-25 October 1996

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the best compilation of current seismic and engineering data on the seismic hazard of the capitals of the Central Asian republics available in the English language. It comes to the conclusion that the risk to residents of these cities is extremely high.

Table of Contents

• Preface. Executive Summary and Workshop Results. Seismic Hazard of the Central Asia Region
• A. Nurmagambetov, et al. Earthquake Resistance of Multi-Story Residential Buildings in Central Asian Capital Cities
• S. Imanbekov, et al. Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Kazakhstan
• T. Zhunusov, et al. Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Kyrgyzstan
• S. Imanbekov, et al. Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Tajikistan
• S. Negmatullaev, et al. Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Turkmenistan
• B. Karryev, et al. Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Uzbekistan
• T. Rashidov, et al. Destruction of Standard Residential Buildings in the 1988 Spitak, Armenia Earthquake
• T. Markarian, S. Shaginian. The December 7, 1988 Spitak, Armenia Earthquake: Results of Analysis of Structural Behavior
• V. Rzhevsky. Lessons of the 1995 Sakhalin and 1994 Kuril Islands Earthquakes
• C.A. Melentyev. Assessment of Seismic Resistance of Sovi, et Mass Construction Buildings - Almaty as an Example
• T. Zhunusov, et al. Appendix: Forms and Questions for Workshop Participants. Subject Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA40439819
• ISBN:
  • 0792355873
• LCCN: 99011580
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Dordrecht ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 255 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QE537.2.A783
  • DC21 : 363.34/*5/0958
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Earthquake hazard analysis -- Asia, Central
  • LCSH : Buildings -- Earthquake effects -- Asia, Central
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00020624