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

• Autore: Parrinello Giacomo
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 693.8; 693.85209458111
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Messina (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc
• Soggetto non controllato: belice valley; catastrophe; destruction; earthquakes; engaging; environmental forces; environmental history; fault lines; geology; government and governing; historiographical references; human habitats; innovative study; italian history; italy; messina; natural disasters; phenomenon; politics; science; scientists; seismic events; seismology; sicily; social sciences; study of disasters; tectonic plates; theoretical; tragedy; urban planning; urbanism
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fault lines
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788126603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Environment in History: International Perspectives; Environment in history. ; v.6