Oakland, CA: Aerial view

Notes:

In an urbanizing or urbanized area, there are areas of greater and lesser seismic risk. Sites along stuaries or on soft fill soils and those areas adjacent to active faults, may experience more violent ground shaking: unstable slopes may fail; liquefiable soils my subside or spread. Seismic zonation (micro zonation) is a planning tool to identify relative risk within a region, and to establish mitigation criteria to reduce exposure to losses. (Eisner). Digitized from a set of 35 mm slides from AIA/ACSA Council on Architectural Research; showing details effect of earthquake on building structures.

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

American

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3734-122

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photographs: documentary photographs (AAT)

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Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

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The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

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Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Buildings at Risk: Seismic Design Basics for Practicing Architects, Washington, DC., 1994

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

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Portfolio Item ID: 331571

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10002926

PID:

digcoll:1817031