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100			_aMcDonald, Roxanna _96126
245			_aIntroduction to natural and man-made disasters and their effects on buildings / _cRoxanna Mcdonald
260			_bArchitectural Press, _c2003. _aOxford Univ. Press:
300			_axvi, 240 p.
500			_aInclude index
505			_aIntroduction 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 --
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