Table of Content

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Background
• Objectives with Specific Aim and Possible Outcome
• Conceptualization
• Outline of the Methodology
• The Study Area: Rajshahi City Corporation
• The growth of the city
• Demographic Change
• Geology and Soil
• General Topography, Natural Drainage and Natural Fault
• Land use pattern
• Climate
• GIS and Seismic Damage Assessment
• Understanding GIS
• Tools for Analysis and Modeling
• Function of GIS in this study
• Organization of the Study
• Basic Assumptions and Limitations
• Literature Review
• Earthquake Fundamentals
• Principal types of seismic waves
• Regional Tectonics
• Seismo-tectonic Setup
• Major Seismic Sources
• Historical Earthquakes Felt in Rajshahi City
• The Bengal Earthquake 1885
• The Great Indian Earthquake 1897
• The Dhubri Earthquake 1930
• Seismic Zoning Map
• Relationship Between Shear Wave Velocity (Vs) and SPT (N) value
• Attenuation Law of Peak Ground Acceleration
• Soil Amplification
• Research Efforts on Soil Amplification
• Analysis Method for Amplification
• Soil Liquefaction
• Causes of Liquefaction
• Liquefaction Potential Based on N-values
• Damage Distribution
• Definition of Damage
• Fragility Curves for Bangladesh: Motion-Damage Relationship
• Basic Data Collection
• Updated Administrative Boundary of RCC Area
• RCC Built-up Areas
• Poor Housing Areas
• Building Types Based on Construction
• Building Inventory
• Forecasting of Building Types According to EMS
• Soil Data (SPT-N) from Primary & Secondary Sources
• Ground Water Data
• Seismic Hazard Analysis
• Estimation of Bedrock Level PGA
• Site Amplification Analysis
• Liquefaction Analysis
• Seismic Hazard Integration
• Hazard and Integration
• Integration of Site Effects in GIS Environment
• Seismic Damage Assessment
• Fundamentals of Damage Assessment
• Damage Assessment for Buildings
• Damage Estimation Based on Analysis 1 (MMI_GS)
• Damage Estimation Based on Analysis 2 (MMI_F)
• Urban Development and Seismic Risk
• Introduction
• Existing Land use Under Risk
• Evaluation of RMDP (2004-2024) with Respect to Seismic Risk
• Suggested Zones of Building Height Restrictions
• Suggested Zones of Ground Improvement
• Other Recommendations for Risk Mitigation
• Conclusion
• Overview of the Research
• Recommendations
• Scope for Further Research
• References
• APPENDIX – A : Earthquake Chronology of Bangladesh
• APPENDIX – B : Building Inventory Format
• APPENDIX – C : European Macro Seismic Scale
• APPENDIX – D : Modified Marcelli Scale of Felt Intensity
• APPENDIX – E : Building Typologies in Rajshahi City
• APPENDIX – F : Bore hole Data (Six bores)