The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Culture of Catastrophe and Reconstruction in 1920s Japan

Schencking, J. Charles

doi:10.1353/jjs.0.0021

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“…However, little attention has been paid to a potentially highly impacting phenomenon: the interaction between seismic and fire risks. Indeed, historical records have shown that fire ignitions triggered by earthquakes present a significant likelihood of ending up in massively destructive urban fires, as also described in the introduction [4][5][6]. The devastating examples throughout history [7][8][9] and the high dependency on uncertain factors of urban fires following earthquakes [10] have motivated the scientific community to develop models for estimating the probability of occurrence of this phenomenon, the possible consequences and damage mitigation strategies [4].…”

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Estimation of the Combined Seismic-Fire Risk: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

de Silva,

Miano,

Prota

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COM

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The estimation of the combined seismic-fire risk and the optimization of interventions for buildings and infrastructures in the context of metropolitan areas represent a very actual and critical theme. In fact, different forms of hazard can affect structures throughout their existence. The occurrence of a seismic event in areas exposed to various risks or already affected by other phenomena is highly probable, especially in countries characterized by high seismicity. Nevertheless, the seismic safety assessment of existing buildings/infrastructures is commonly carried out considering the seismic action only, generally applied to an analytical model, neglecting the stress-strain state induced by previous phenomena or without considering the cascading effect related to a different hazard, such as a fire induced by the earthquake. The devastating examples throughout history and the high dependency on uncertain factors of urban fires following earthquakes have motivated the proponent research units to study and develop models for estimating the probability of occurrence of this phenomenon, the possible consequences and damage mitigation strategies, starting from the strong expertise of each unit in the seismic and fire fields respectively. Therefore, the paper will focus on the few studies conducted in this field, trying to understand in there is the possibility of extending them to both buildings and infrastructures. In particular, the paper will set the overall methodology for estimating seismic and fire hazard and subsequentially the vulnerability/risk, starting from the definition of the main structural typologies belonging to urban metropolitan areas for both structures and infrastructures. Each class will include infrastructures and buildings sharing common essential features from the point of view of the earthquake and fire resistance. The methodologies will take into account the environment-induced existing damage. In the context of the safety assessment of existing buildings and infrastructures, a pivotal role is played by the possible degradation state of the existing structure, that will be considered in the work. The methodology will be very useful for the classification of building and bridge typology vulnerability against combined seismic and fire risk at metropolitan scale.

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Section: Critical Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimation of the Combined Seismic-Fire Risk: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

de Silva,

Miano,

Prota

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COM

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A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

Needham

Keim

Sathiaraj

2015

Reviews of Geophysics

243

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Tropical cyclone-generated storm surges are among the world's most deadly and destructive natural hazards. This paper provides the first comprehensive global review of tropical storm surge data sources, observations, and impacts while archiving data in SURGEDAT, a global database. Available literature has provided data for more than 700 surge events since 1880, the majority of which are found in the western North Atlantic (WNA), followed by Australia/Oceania, the western North Pacific (WNP), and the northern Indian Ocean (NIO). The Bay of Bengal (BOB) in the NIO consistently observes the world's highest surges, as this subbasin averages five surges ≥5 m per decade and has observed credible storm tide levels reaching 13.7 m. The WNP observes the highest rate of low-magnitude surges, as the coast of China averages 54 surges ≥1 m per decade, and rates are likely higher in the Philippines. The U.S. Gulf Coast observes the second highest frequency of both high-magnitude (≥5 m) and low-magnitude (≥1 m) surges. The BOB observes the most catastrophic surge impacts, as 59% of global tropical cyclones that have killed at least 5000 people occurred in this basin. The six deadliest cyclones in this region have each killed at least 140,000 people, and two events have killed 300,000. Storm surge impacts transportation, agriculture, and energy sectors in the WNA. Oceania experiences long-term impacts, including contamination of fresh water and loss of food supplies, although the highest surges in this region are lower than most other basins.

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Changing Faces of Tokyo: Regeneration, Tourism and Tokyo 2020

Jimura

2020

The Urban Book Series

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The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Culture of Catastrophe and Reconstruction in 1920s Japan

Cited by 28 publications

References 26 publications

Estimation of the Combined Seismic-Fire Risk: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

Estimation of the Combined Seismic-Fire Risk: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

Changing Faces of Tokyo: Regeneration, Tourism and Tokyo 2020

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