Fault Lines

Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy

Giacomo Parrinello (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

274 Seiten

2020
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78920-809-2 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Sites of disaster map

Introduction: Can Earthquakes Speak?

The Voice of the Earthquake

A Tale of Two Earthquakes

The Structure of This Book

Part I: The 1908 Messina Earthquake

Chapter 1. The 1908 Messina Earthquake

Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fire

Earthquake Science

Earthquake-Proof Urbanism

Chapter 2. Urban Reform 1880-1908

Sanitizing the City

A New Geography of Urban Water

Engineering the City’s Environment

To Live Happily and Forget the Quake

Chapter 3. The Modern City 1909-1943

The Provisional City (and Its Permanent Consequences)

The Master Plan

The City Developers versus the Hut Dwellers

The New City and Its Darker Sides

Part II: The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake

Chapter 4. The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake

“Like an Atomic Wasteland”

The Disaster of Poverty

Road Maps to Development

Chapter 5. Rural Modernity 1933-1967

Reclamation and Redemption

Development Plans

Grassroots Counter-Measures

The Many Virtues of Water

Chapter 6. Urbanized Countryside 1968-1993

Tents, Barracks, and Committees

The City Territory

New Towns and Ghost Factories

Rural Urbanism

Conclusion: Fault Lines

Tales of Earthquake Urbanism

Fault Lines in a Seismic Country

Hazards, Urbanization, and Nature

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	02.03.2020
Reihe/Serie	Environment in History: International Perspectives
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-78920-809-2 / 1789208092
ISBN-13	978-1-78920-809-2 / 9781789208092
Zustand	Neuware