Fault Lines : : Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy /

Fault Lines : : Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy / / Giacomo Parrinello.

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Earth’s fractured geology is visible in its fault lines. It is along these lines that earthquakes occur, sometimes with disastrous effects. These disturbances can significantly influence urban development, as seen in the aftermath of two earthquakes in Messina, Italy, in 1908 and in the Belice Valle...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Parrinello, Giacomo,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Environment in History: International Perspectives ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of the disaster areas. Cartography by Mary Lee Eggart
  • Introduction. Can Earthquakes Speak?
  • PART I. THE 1908 MESSINA EARTHQUAKE
  • Chapter 1. The 1908 Messina Earthquake
  • Chapter 2. Urban Reform 1880–1908
  • Chapter 3. The Modern City 1909–1943
  • PART II. THE 1968 BELICE VALLEY EARTHQUAKE
  • Chapter 4. The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake
  • Chapter 5. Rural Modernity 1933–1967
  • Chapter 6. Urbanized Countryside 1968–1993
  • Conclusion. Fault Lines
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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