A project Assessment of Seismic Site Amplification and Seismic Building Vulnerability in the Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia has been launched (2004) under the auspices of NATO Science for Peace Program (NATO SfP 980857). It is being performed by 3 academic institutions from Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia (Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology /IZIIS-Skopje/, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia; Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia Seismology Office, Ljubljana, Slovenia) and coordinated by the Department of Structures, Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology, University of Basilicata and the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Siena, both from Italy. The end users of the results are governmental agencies or ministries sectorally responsible for emergency function or planning, i.e.: Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Zagreb, Croatia, Sector for Civil Protection, Ministry of Defense, Government of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia, and The City Committee for Urbanism, Communal and Housing Affairs,Traffic and Environmental Protection, City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia.The SfP 980857 project, based on microtremor and ambient vibration measurements of free-field locations and buildings, in itself promotes a new integrated method and technology for fast seismic microzonation and estimation of seismic vulnerability of buildings with wide application possibilities in particular for identification of locations with potential resonant characteristics and thus, the increased seismic risk for buildings.The paper, in all details, presents objectives and scope of NATO SfP 980857 Project as well as some general results and findings achieved during its 3 years of implementation.
M. Mucciarelli C.D. Other Andrej Gosar Marjan Herak Dario Albarello
Associate Professor, Department of Structures, Soil Dynamics and Applied Geology,University of Basil Professor and Head, Section on Risk, Disaster Management and Strategic Planning (RDM/IZIIS),Institut Dr. Eng, Head, Environmental Agency of Slovenia, Seismology and Geology Office, Ljubljana, Slovenia Professor, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy