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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 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.
Earthquake resistant design --- Earthquake engineering --- Earthquakes --- City planning --- History --- Messina (Italy) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- 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.
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The material and energy flows that characterized the metabolism of preindustrial and industrial societies were organized through complex infrastructures based on interwoven social and natural elements. Analyzing infrastructures from many methodological and thematic perspectives, the present volume adopts an extensive periodization to identify the undeniable changes caused by industrialization and the persistence of pre-existing features and dynamics. The contributions range from the late Middle Ages to the 1990s and deepen historical characteristics of urban metabolism, the study of energy systems and their transitions, and the management and control of water resources. These reveal the strategies societies and states adopted to transform and adapt their surrounding environment in a constant and challenging equilibrium of diverse interests, whose impact over time has had environmental consequences on a global scale.
Infrastructure (Economics) --- Environmental aspects. --- History. --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital
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