Micallef Constantino

Sustainability aspects in resilience? Yes, this needs to be taken into account. Seriously..

Ancient Cities: The Key to Modern Resilience

Infographic on resilience in the building codes

Challenges of sustainable urbanisation

REFRAMING URBAN RESILIENCE IMPLEMENTATION

The five elements of urban resilience systems

How can Corfu town deal with a possible severe natural occurance and its impact on the local population?

We have entered a new urban era in which the ecology of the planet is increasingly influenced by human activity. Due to increasing urbanisation, cities have become the center of attention, as they generate a rising demand for natural resources and have a global environmental impact. Urbanisation puts increasing pressure on nature, and weakens its resilience to a changing climate and events such as natural disasters, with devastating consequences for cities and their inhabitants. With the recent memories of heavy weather patterns, floods in southern european countries, urban heat waves and air pollution, in addition to increasing costs of energy, food and water supply, cities and urbanized regions are aware of the urgent need for action. Many cities have seen an increase in community initiatives for restoring nature and have supported sustainable activities. There is now an opportunity to strongly improve global sustainable development over the next two to three decades by increasing resource efficiency, and exploring how cities and citizens can reconnect to the biosphere and become responsible stewards of biodiversity and ecosystem services, both within and beyond city boundaries

Promoting sustainable urban development will not only improve the quality of urban living in the region's growing cities and towns, but will also build resilience to natural hazards and climate change

Greece's tectonic plates layout diagramme.. Notice how close the rim is situated in respect to Corfu capital seat (Kerkyra town)..

All buildings have a natural, period, or resonance, which is the number of seconds it takes for the building to naturally vibrate back and forth. The ground also has a specific resonant frequency. Hard bedrock has higher frequencies softer sediments. If the period of ground motion matches the natural resonance of a building, it will undergo the largest oscillations possible and suffer the greatest damage.

Design patterns for seismic-resistance in high rise buildings and multi storey apartments.. But, what can be applied to the old foundations of Corfu town's old structures, to prevent collapse and hazardous consequences?

Corfu old town.. high rise structures, crowdy -and narrow- lanes, in a town that is geographycally subject to seismic activities..