1. A Block-Based Theoretical Model Suited to Gravitational Sliding

   • Stefano Tinti
   • Elisabetta Bortolucci
   • Cesare Vannini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 28

2. The 1996 Sulawesi Tsunami

   • Efim Pelinovsky
   • Dede Yuliadi
   • Rahman Hidayat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 38

3. Doubtful Events Reported in Current Italian Earthquake Catalogues: The Medieval Earthquakes of Subiaco (Central Italy)

   • Rita Di Giovambattista
   • Andrea Tertulliani
   • Mari Zaccaria

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 55

4. Causes of Land Subsidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

   • Ammar Amin
   • Khalid Bankher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63

5. A Step Towards Evaluation of the Seismic Response Reduction Factor in Multistorey Reinforced Concrete Frames

   • Samar a. Barakat
   • Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi
   • Anis S. Al-Shatnawi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 80

6. Geotechnical Hazards Associated with Desert Environment

   • W.M. Shehata
   • A.A. Amin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 95

7. First Announcement/Call for Papers; Hazards–98, Seventh International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazards, 17–22 May 1998, Chania, Crete Is., Greece

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 99