Earthquake Engineering From Engineering Seismology to Performance-Based Engineering






EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

From Engineering Seismology to

Performance-Based Engineering



Edited by

Yousef Bozorgnia

Vitelmo V. Bertero


Preface

Earthquake engineering (EE) is an integration of multidisciplinary knowledge in several areas of basic

sciences and science-based engineering with the ultimate goal of reducing the seismic risks to socioeconomically acceptable levels.

In the U.S., the first comprehensive book covering various aspects of EE was published in 1970, the result

of a short course on the subject given in September 1965 at the University of California, Berkeley. There have

been recent advances and new developments in EE on a wide range of topics, from geosciences and geotechnical engineering to modern performance-based EE.


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