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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808628803321

Autore

Parrinello Giacomo

Titolo

Fault lines : earthquakes and urbanism in modern Italy / / Giacomo Parrinello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Environment in History: International Perspectives ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

693.8

693.85209458111

Soggetti

Earthquake resistant design - Italy - Messina

Earthquake resistant design - Italy - Belice River Valley

Earthquake engineering - Italy - Messina

Earthquake engineering - Italy - Belice River Valley

Earthquakes - Italy - Messina - History - 20th century

Earthquakes - Italy - Belice River Valley - History - 20th century

City planning - Italy - Messina

City planning - Italy

Messina (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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 Valley, Sicily, in 1968. Following the history of these places



before and after their destruction, this book explores plans and developments that preceded the disasters and the urbanism that emerged from the ruins. These stories explore fault lines between "rural" and "urban," "backwardness" and "development," and "before" and "after," shedding light on the role of environmental forces in the history of human habitats.