• Informs about earthquakes and their effects on a society in a less developed country

• Treats the problem how to successfully deal with earthquakes and their impacts on environment and society

• Presents in an integral way earthquake-related aspects from natural and engineering sciences to medicine, sociology, economy and politics

• Presents a multi- and intra-disciplinary approach for disaster management and risk reduction

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Preface.- Introduction.- Part 1 Earthquakes and related hazards.- Part 2 Damage, prevention, restoration.- Part 3 Disaster management and economics.- Part 4 Living with earthquake risk.