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Robin Spence

Emeritus Professor of Architectural Engineering and Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Director, Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd, United Kingdom

Emily So

Reader in Architectural Engineering and Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Director, Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd, United Kingdom

his edition first published 2021

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication data

Names: Spence, R. J. S. (Robin J. S.), author. | So, Emily, (K. M.), author.

Title: Why do buildings collapse in earthquakes? : building for safety in seismic areas / Robin Spence and Emily So.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020053851 (print) | LCCN 2020053852 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119619420 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119619451 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119619468 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Buildings–Earthquake effects. | Earthquake resistant design.

Classification: LCC TH1095 .S65 2021 (print) | LCC TH1095 (ebook) | DDC 693.8/52–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053851LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053852

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Cover Image: © Professor Mauricio Beltran

We have been generously supported in the preparation of this book by many friends and colleagues, who have read and commented on parts of the text, provided suggestions and illustrations and have been a valuable source of ideas and inspiration over many years.

We would like first to thank Yutaka Ohta whose dedication to earthquake risk reduction and foresight has been a constant motivation to us both. We would also like to acknowledge the late Laurie Baker and the late Paul Oliver, whose understanding of vernacular architecture and its value has been an inspiration for us.

In the preparation of this book, we greatly appreciate the comments and advice on particular chapters from Andrew Coburn, Antonios Pomonis, Svetlana Brzev, Edmund Booth, Mary Comerio and Rashmin Gunasekera.

We appreciate also the cooperation of Rajendra and Rupal Desai, Amod Dixit, Lucy Jones Toshitaka Katada, Randolph Langenbach, Tracy Monk and Edward Ng in reviewing our profiles of them and their work.

We thank our colleagues Hannah Baker and Weifeng Victoria Lee for help in the preparation of maps and diagrams used, as well as for reviewing parts of the manuscript, Yue Zhu for her help with preparation of a number of the images used, and Sandra Martinez‐Cuevas for supplying the diagram of fragility curves used in Chapter 5, based on her analysis of the Cambridge Earthquake Impact Database (CEQID).