Introduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings / Roxanna Mcdonald

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Introduction to Natural and Man-made Disasters and their Effects on Buildings --
Copyright --
Contents --
Foreword --
Introduction --
Acknowledgements --
1. Introduction --
Definition --
Disasters and buildings --
What is a disaster? --
Disaster impact --
Disaster characteristics --
Disaster response --
Preparedness --
Mitigation --
Management --
Loss assessment --
Strategy trends --
Human and infrastructure vulnerability --
Environmental degradation --
Growing poverty in developing countries --
Part I: Natural Disasters --
2. Earthquakes --
What happens during an earthquake --
Tectonic plates --
Earthquake characteristics --
Earthquake measurement --
Geographic and historic evolution: statistics --
Earthquake prediction --
Effect of earthquakes --
Effect of earthquakes and seismic design principles --
Direct effects --
Indirect or consequential effects --
Seismic design principles --
Rehabilitation of old structures --
New ideas, research, and recent developments for seismic-resistant construction --
Case study: Vrancea, Romania --
General --
The effect of 4 March 1977 earthquake on structures --
The effect of 4 March 1977 earthquake on Romanian historic buildings --
Romanian consolidation techniques, anti-seismic design, and legislation --
Disaster mitigation --
3. Volcanoes --
What are volcanoes and how they erupt --
Volcano types --
Statistics --
Effects of volcanic eruptions --
4. Flooding --
How does flooding occur --
Causes and effects of flooding --
Causes of flooding --
Effects of floods --
Elements of design --
Individual properties --
General approach --
Case study --
Thames barrier --
Case study --
The Loire river, France --
Case study --
Reignac sur Indre --
5. Weather conditions --
Storm --
What is a storm and how it occurs --
Wind effects on buildings --
Case study --
The Storms of 1987 and 2000 in the UK (as reported by the UK. Hurricane and tornado --
What is a hurricane and how it occurs --
Case study --
Hurricane Andrew --
What is a tornado --
Lightning --
What is lightning and how it occurs --
Effects of lightning on buildings --
Case study --
Reconstruction of church spire St Quentin-sur-Indrois, France --
Extreme temperatures --
Temperature records --
extreme cold --
Temperature records --
extreme heat --
General design features --
Effect of extreme temperatures on buildings --
Case study --
Anchorage Performing Arts Center roof repair --
New materials --
Mass movement --
What is mass movement and how it occurs --
Types of mass movement and slope failure --
Case study --
The Dalles Middle School --
Case study --
Holbeck Hotel --
Part II: Man-made Disasters --
Chapter 6. Conflict --
Types of conflict --
Conflict issues types --
Methods of resolving conflict issues --
Effect of conflict and terrorist attack on buildings --
Types of damage --
Design considerations --
Case studies --
Northern Ireland --
Central University Library, Bucharest, Romania --
World Trade Centre collapse --
Chapter 7. Fire --
How does fire occur --
Types fire --
Fire disasters affecting wildland and forests --
Fire disasters affecting humans --
Monitoring and prevention strategy --
Case study --
Windsor Castle --
Chapter 8. Disasters resulting from human activities --
Classification and impact --
Technological advances --
Excessive exploitation of natural resources and inappropriate land development and building --
Contamination of the food chain and environment Impact --
Technological production --
Manufacture and use of harmful products --
Harmful by-products and/or processes --
Case study --
Chernobyl, Ukraine --
Pollution --
Excessive exploitation of natural resources and inappropriate land development --
Inappropriate land development and building --
Contamination of the food chain and environment. Case study --
The cyanide spill at Baia Mare, Romania --
Chapter 9. Historic buildings destruction --
General issues --
Vulnerability --
Specific type of damage --
Vandalism and neglect --
Case study --
Eltham Orangery --
Development demolition --
Case study --
'THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE', Bucharest, Romania --
Historic buildings protection in disaster conditions --
Preparedness --
Mitigation --
Management --
Appendices --
Emergency action checklist and fact sheets --
Earthquake emergency checklist --
Flood emergency checklist --
Before --
During a flood watch --
During a flood --
During an evacuation --
After --
Inspecting utilities in a damaged home --
Fact sheet: hurricanes and tornadoes --
Before --
During a hurricane watch --
During a hurricane warning --
After --
During --
After --
Inspecting utilities in a damaged home --
Mitigation --
Fact sheet: extreme heat --
Before --
During --
During a drought --
Heat disorders --
Fact sheet: landslides and mudflows --
Before --
During --
After --
Mitigation --
Fact sheet: terrorism --
Before --
During --
After --
Wildfire emergency checklist --
Nuclear accident mitigation --
Contributors --
Prof. Ing. Alexandru Cismigiu --
Bertrand Penneron --
Miro Group --
Jonathan P. Kumin, AIA --
Christine Theodoropoulos, Anne Deutsch, Josh Glavin, and Boora Architects, Inc. --
Rena Pitsilli-Graham, Freeman Historic Properties, and Caroe & Partners --
Information sources --
Disaster websites --
Earthquake websites and organizations --
Weather information and organizations websites --
Fire monitoring and information websites --