People living in a city represent the most important agents of the urban system. In fact, people organize bits of the city, while organizing their own lives, hence direct [...]

Countries around the world have had to face huge economic losses due to natural disasters over the past decade. This, of course represents a source of great concern for N [...]

Earthquakes have always been representing a sleeper risk affecting local and global communities, as they are lowprobability-high-risk events. In addition, being contempor [...]

Seismic events represent nowadays a major challenge for the worldwide scientific community. Besides, novel methodologies for a prompt and efficient response are needed to [...]

Extreme loading conditions such as man-made malicious actions, fires or natural events could induce local failure mechanisms (e.g., a loss of a member) which may trigger [...]

Nowadays, events like severe earthquakes or man-made malicious actions are often taken into account in structural design of critical infrastructures and consequently high [...]

The life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology can be used as a decision-making tool in the sustainable design and construction of buildings. However, there are not many stu [...]

Concrete is one of the most commonly used among construction materials. Generally, concrete is produced by using Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as binder and it contribut [...]