Fault Lines - Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy

Explores plans for urban development in Sicily prior to 2 earthquakes, in 1908 and 1968, and compares them with the urbanism which materialised from the ruins.


Provides an insight into the role of environmental forces in the history of human habitats.

List of contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Sites of disaster map

Introduction: Can Earthquakes Speak?

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  The Voice of the Earthquake


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  A Tale of Two Earthquakes


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  The Structure of This Book

Part I: The 1908 Messina Earthquake

Chapter 1. The 1908 Messina Earthquake

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  Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fire


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  Earthquake Science


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  Earthquake-Proof Urbanism

Chapter 2. Urban Reform 1880-1908

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  Sanitizing the City


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  A New Geography of Urban Water


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  Engineering the City's Environment


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  To Live Happily and Forget the Quake

Chapter 3. The Modern City 1909-1943

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  The Provisional City (and Its Permanent Consequences)


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  The Master Plan


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  The City Developers versus the Hut Dwellers


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  The New City and Its Darker Sides

Part II: The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake

Chapter 4. The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake

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  "Like an Atomic Wasteland"


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  The Disaster of Poverty


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  Road Maps to Development

Chapter 5. Rural Modernity 1933-1967

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  Reclamation and Redemption


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  Development Plans


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  Grassroots Counter-Measures


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  The Many Virtues of Water

Chapter 6. Urbanized Countryside 1968-1993

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  Tents, Barracks, and Committees


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  The City Territory


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  New Towns and Ghost Factories


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  Rural Urbanism

Conclusion: Fault Lines

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  Tales of Earthquake Urbanism


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  Fault Lines in a Seismic Country


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  Hazards, Urbanization, and Nature

Bibliography

About the author

Giacomo Parrinello is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University and the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna. He has published in the fields of environmental history, history of urban planning, and modern Italian history.

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo Parrinello, Parrinello Giacomo
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781789208092
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-809-2
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives; Environment in History: Intern
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Geschichte, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Die Erde: Naturgeschichte: Sachbuch, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Technology & Industrial Arts, Italy, NATURE / Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Volcanology & seismology, Volcanology and seismology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General