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  Contents
 
Chapter 1 The Seismotectonic Setting of the Kobe area--the Concomitant Geodynamic Phenomena of the Hanshin Earthquake
   
 
Chapter 2 Strong Ground Motion during the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake
   
 
Chapter 3 Why the Heaviest Damages Occurred in Kobe during the Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake
   
 
Chapter 4 Ground failures in the Kobe area due to the 1995 South Hyogo Great Earthquake
   
 
Chapter 5 Seismic ground subsidence in near-shore reclaimed land
   
 
Chapter 6 Damage and restoration of lifelines during the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake
   
 
Chapter 7 A comparative study on typical measures of earthquake preparedness in local governments between Japan and the USA: lessons from the disaster of Japan's earthquake in Kobe on 17 January 1995