Preface -- 1. The Full-Scale Laboratory: The Practice of Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Missions and Their Contribution to Earthquake Engineering -- 2. Rapid Earthquake Loss Assessment after Damaging Earthquakes -- 3. Existing Buildings: The New Italian Provisions for Probabilistic Seismic Assessment -- 4. Seismic Response of Precast Industrial Buildings -- 5. The Role of Site Effects at The Boundary Between Seismology and Engineering: Lessons from Recent Earthquakes -- 6. Seismic Analysis and Design of Bridges with an Emphasis to Eurocode Standards -- 7. From Performance- and Displacement-Based Assessment of Existing Buildings per EN1998-3 to Design of New Concrete Structures in Fib MC2010 -- 8. Testing Historic Masonry Structural Elements and/or Building Models -- 9. Earthquake Risk Reduction: From Scenario Simulators Including Systemic Interdependency to Impact Indicators -- 10. Physics-Based Earthquake Ground Shaking Scenarios in Large Urban Areas -- 11. A Seismic Performance Classification Framework to Provide Increased Seismic Resilience -- 12. Towards Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Modern Unreinforced Masonry Structures -- 13. Pushover Analysis for Plan Irregular Building Structures -- 14. Recent Development and Application of Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation and Conditions for Their Correct Use -- 15. Conservation Principles and Performance-Based Strengthening of Heritage Buildings in Post-Event Reconstruction -- 16. Earthquake Risk Assessment: Present Shortcomings and Future Directions -- 17. The Role of Pile Diameter on Earthquake-Induced Bending -- 18. Predictive Models for Earthquake Response of Clay and Quick Clay Slopes.- 19. Recent Advances in Seismic Soil Liquefaction Engineering -- 20. Seismic Hazard and Seismic Design and Safety Aspects of Large Dam Projects.

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This book collects 5 keynote and 15 theme lectures presented at the 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES), held in Istanbul, Turkey, from August 24 to 29, 2014. The conference was organized by the Turkish Earthquake Foundation - Earthquake Engineering Committee and Prime Ministry, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency under the auspices of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) and European Seismological Commission (ESC). The book’s twenty state-of-the-art papers were written by the most prominent researchers in Europe and address a comprehensive collection of topics on earthquake engineering, as well as interdisciplinary subjects such as engineering seismology and seismic risk assessment and management. Further topics include engineering seismology, geotechnical earthquake engineering, seismic performance of buildings, earthquake-resistant engineering structures, new techniques and technologies, and managing risk in seismic regions. The book also presents the Third Ambraseys Distinguished Award Lecture given by Prof. Robin Spence in honor of Prof. Nicholas N. Ambraseys. The aim of this work is to present the state-of-the art and latest practices in the fields of earthquake engineering and seismology, with Europe’s most respected researchers addressing recent and ongoing developments while also proposing innovative avenues for future research and development. Given its cutting-edge content and broad spectrum of topics, the book offers a unique reference guide for researchers in these fields. Audience: This book is of interest to civil engineers in the fields of geotechnical and structural earthquake engineering; scientists and researchers in the fields of seismology, geology and geophysics. Not only scientists, engineers and students, but also those interested in earthquake hazard assessment and mitigation will find in this book the most recent advances.