Realistic Modeling of Seismic Input in Urban Areas: A UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP Project

Realistic modeling of seismic input for megacities and large urban areas (the UNESCO/IUGS/IGCP project 414)

Episodes ◽

10.18814/epiiugs/2002/v25i3/002 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 160-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Giuliano F. Panza ◽

Leonardo Alvarez ◽

Abdelkrim Aoudia ◽

Abdelhakim Ayadi ◽

Hadj Benhallou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Seismic Input ◽

Realistic Modeling ◽

Igcp Project

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Realistic Modeling of Seismic Input in Urban Areas: A UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP Project

Pure and Applied Geophysics ◽

10.1007/pl00001176 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 158 (12) ◽

pp. 2389-2406 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

G. F. Panza ◽

F. Vaccari ◽

F. Romanelli

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Seismic Input ◽

Realistic Modeling ◽

Igcp Project

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IGCP Project 414: Realistic Modeling of Seismic Input for Megacities and Large Urban Areas

Episodes ◽

10.18814/epiiugs/1999/v22i1/004 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 26-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

G. F. Panza ◽

F. Vaccari ◽

F. Romanelli

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Seismic Input ◽

Realistic Modeling ◽

Igcp Project

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Dilemma of Geoconservation of Monogenetic Volcanic Sites under Fast Urbanization and Infrastructure Developments with Special Relevance to the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126549 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6549

Author(s):

Károly Németh ◽

Ilmars Gravis ◽

Boglárka Németh

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Community Outreach ◽

Volcanic Hazards ◽

Volcanic Field ◽

Global Awareness ◽

Auckland Volcanic Field ◽

Igcp Project ◽

Special Relevance

Geoheritage is an important aspect in developing workable strategies for natural hazard resilience. This is reflected in the UNESCO IGCP Project (# 692. Geoheritage for Geohazard Resilience) that continues to successfully develop global awareness of the multifaced aspects of geoheritage research. Geohazards form a great variety of natural phenomena that should be properly identified, and their importance communicated to all levels of society. This is especially the case in urban areas such as Auckland. The largest socio-economic urban center in New Zealand, Auckland faces potential volcanic hazards as it sits on an active Quaternary monogenetic volcanic field. Individual volcanic geosites of young eruptive products are considered to form the foundation of community outreach demonstrating causes and consequences of volcanism associated volcanism. However, in recent decades, rapid urban development has increased demand for raw materials and encroached on natural sites which would be ideal for such outreach. The dramatic loss of volcanic geoheritage of Auckland is alarming. Here we demonstrate that abandoned quarry sites (e.g., Wiri Mountain) could be used as key locations to serve these goals. We contrast the reality that Auckland sites are underutilized and fast diminishing, with positive examples known from similar but older volcanic regions, such as the Mio/Pliocene Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark in Hungary.

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Management of minor ailments in primary schoolchildren in rural and urban areas

Child Care Health and Development ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2214.1996.787787.x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 167-174

Author(s):

J A Cantrill ◽

B Johannesson ◽

M Nicholson ◽

P R Noyce

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Primary Schoolchildren ◽

Minor Ailments

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Cannabis use in Switzerland: The role of attribution of drug use to friends, urbanization and repression 1The study was supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG) Grant 316.96.5980.

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.60.2.99 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 99-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Holger Schmid

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Hierarchical Linear Model ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

School Aged Children ◽

Structural Variables ◽

Hbsc Study ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

Individual Use

Cannabis use does not show homogeneous patterns in a country. In particular, urbanization appears to influence prevalence rates, with higher rates in urban areas. A hierarchical linear model (HLM) was employed to analyze these structural influences on individuals in Switzerland. Data for this analysis were taken from the Switzerland survey of Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study, the most recent survey to assess drug use in a nationally representative sample of 3473 15-year-olds. A total of 1487 male and 1620 female students indicated their cannabis use and their attributions of drug use to friends. As second level variables we included address density in the 26 Swiss Cantons as an indicator of urbanization and officially recorded offences of cannabis use in the Cantons as an indicator of repressive policy. Attribution of drug use to friends is highly correlated with cannabis use. The correlation is even more pronounced in urban Cantons. However, no association between recorded offences and cannabis use was found. The results suggest that structural variables influence individuals. Living in an urban area effects the attribution of drug use to friends. On the other hand repressive policy does not affect individual use.

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