Urban Disaster Mitigation: The Role of Engineering and Technology

Preface. Symposium/Workshop Activities. Resolutions. Seismology. Characteristic earthquakes and long-term earthquake forecasts: implications of Central California seismicity (W.L. Ellsworth). Comparison of observed ground acceleration response spectra from four recent large earthquakes in California with uniform building seismic design spectra (Y.B. Tsai). Uncertainty analysis in seismic hazard evaluation (C.H. Loh, Y.T. Yeh). Taiwan Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (TSMIP) and preliminary analysis of site effects in Taipei basin from strong motion data (K.W. Kuo et al.). Earthquake Engineering. Systematic determination of seismic safety levels for design of R/C buildings (A.H.-S. Ang, D. de Leon). Inelastic behavior and load displacement equations of low-rise RC solid and perforated shear walls (F.Y. Cheng, K.Y. Lou). Research on infilled hollow clay tile walls (J.E. Beavers et al.). Vulnerability study of school buildings in Taiwan before and after retrofitting (M.S. Sheu, C.C. Hsu). Systems integrated approach in natural hazard mitigation (G.C. Lee, A.S. Dargush). Absolute acceleration feedback control of structures (L.L. Chung et al.). Bridge damage diagnosis by vibrational signature analysis (G.C. Yao, K.C. Chang). Seismic performance of bridges in California during the Jan. 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake (L.H. Sheng). Steel connection failures during the Northridge earthquake (W.F. Chen). Analysis of building seismic records using artificial neural networks (W.R. Chang, S.T. Mau). Landslides and Rockslides. Seismic stability of cohesive soil slopes (T.D. Stark et al.). A correlation between landslide and rainfall data along A-Li San highway of Taiwan (S.T. Chen et al.). Reducing landslide risk in urban areas — Experience in the United States (R.L. Schuster). Mechanism of initiation of debris flow (R.H. Chen et al.). Flood Engineering. Urban flood hazard and its mitigation (B.C. Yen). Inundation models for Pa-chang creek basin in Taiwan (M.H. Hsu et al.). Flood mitigation through joint flood control operation of parallel reservoirs (F.N.-F. Chou, D.Y. Chen). Rainfall estimates from satellite observations (M.L.C. Wu). Socio-Economic Impact. Social science approaches in disaster research: selected research issues and findings on mitigating natural hazards in the urban environment (J.M. Nigg). Economic aspects of urban vulnerability and disaster mitigation (B.G. Jones, S.E. Chang). Index of Contributors. Keyword Index.