Abstract

This chapter predominantly discuss about the role of Local site conditions on the amplification of seismic waves and the resulted earthquake disasters. In-depth discussions are made on the various local site conditions which influence the ground shaking. Different available methods for the assessing the local site conditions are presented in this chapter. Various codal provisions for site classifications are also discussed here. This chapter also presents the assessment of local site effect at micro and macro-level using the appropriate methodologies.

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