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Author Parrinello, Giacomo, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The environment in history : international perspectives ; volume 6
Environment in history ; v. 6.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. Can earthquakes speak? -- Pt. I. The 1908 Messina earthquake. 1. The 1908 Messina earthquake -- 2. Urban reform 1880-1908 -- 3. The modern city 1909-1943
Pt. II. The 1968 Belice Valley earthquake. 4. The 1968 Belice Valley earthquake -- 5. Rural modernity 1933-1967 -- 6. Urbanized countryside 1968-1993 -- Conclusion: Fault lines.
Summary 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.
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Subject Earthquake resistant design -- Italy -- Messina.
Earthquake resistant design.
Italy -- Messina.
Earthquake resistant design -- Italy -- Belice River Valley.
Italy -- Belice River Valley.
Earthquake engineering -- Italy -- Messina.
Earthquake engineering.
Earthquake engineering -- Italy -- Belice River Valley.
Messina (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Earthquakes -- Italy -- Messina -- History -- 20th century.
Earthquakes.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Earthquakes -- Italy -- Belice River Valley -- History -- 20th century.
City planning -- Italy -- Messina.
City planning.
City planning -- Italy.
Italy.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Earthquakes and urbanism in modern Italy
Other Form: Print version: Parrinello, Giacomo. Fault lines 9781782389507 (DLC) 2015003134 (OCoLC)900445156
ISBN 9781782389514 (electronic book)
1782389512 (electronic book)
9781782389507
1782389504