Download or read book Evaluaci n del riesgo s smico en edificios mediante an lisis est tico no lineal written by Rosangel Moreno González and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Evaluaci n del riesgo s smico en edificios mediante an lisis est tico no lineal Aplicaci n a diversos escenarios s smicos de Barcelona written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of the structural seismic response has gained a special importance both for the seismic design of buildings as for predicting the damage caused by earthquakes. In this thesis a complete study about the seismic risk assessment of the two main structural typologies of residential buildings of Barcelona, Spain, is presented. These correspond to reinforced concrete buildings with waffle slabs and unreinforced masonry buildings. The main goal of this research is to apply a systematic methodology for the seismic risk assessment, by means of fragility curves, in buildings located in urban zones with moderate seismic hazard. After revising the conceptual aspects involved in the seismic risk assessment and describing the current state of the art, the adopted methodology to evaluate the structural capacity, fragility and expected damage analyses is described. To assess the capacity a structural modelling of the buildings and a non-linear static analysis is required. The fragility or vulnerability is evaluated through the capacity spectrum, by means of a simplified procedure. The damage probability matrixes for a given seismic scenario require knowledge of the maximum structural response, which is obtained by using the capacity spectrum method. The methodology has been applied to three reinforced concrete models representative of low, mid and high rise buildings of the city; this has allowed developing seismic risk scenarios for two earthquakes, which occurrence in Barcelona is reasonably possible. These scenarios take into account the Barcelona seismic zoning. The method has been also applied to characterize the expected seismic behaviour of masonry buildings, modelling three typical buildings of the Eixample District. Two of them present different plane configuration, one more regular than the other. The third is representative of corner buildings, typical of the city's blocks. The better behaviour of the regular buildings compared to corner buildings is confirm.

Download or read book An lisis y gesti n del riesgo s smico de edificios y sistemas esenciales written by Jairo Andrés Valcárcel Torres and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los daños por terremotos en edificios y sistemas esenciales han motivado la definición de estándares de comportamiento de estas instalaciones, buscando reducir las pérdidas económicas y la pérdida de funcionalidad. Varias iniciativas nacionales y regionales han sugerido procedimientos para la evaluación del comportamiento y fragilidad de los edificios. Estos avances han dado soporte para la gestión de programas nacionales y regionales para la reducción de la vulnerabilidad de instalaciones esenciales, en los cuales se debe decidir entre ejecutar obras de reforzamiento o bien, renovar la infraestructura. En este trabajo se adoptan y presentan metodologías para evaluar la seguridad y riesgo sísmico, así como la factibilidad de las actividades de reducción de pérdidas, con el fin de priorizar el análisis detallado y orientar programas de reducción de la vulnerabilidad sísmica de edificios y sistemas esenciales. Estos procedimientos se aplican en diferentes casos de estudio, a escala local, regional, nacional y supranacional, realizando evaluaciones sobre centros educativos y centros de salud, entre otros edificios de importancia especial. Respecto a la evaluación de la seguridad sísmica de los edificios esenciales, se adopta un método simplificado basado en espectros de capacidad, propuesto en el proyecto RISK UE para evaluar su comportamiento y calificar su seguridad de acuerdo a los estándares sugeridos por el Comité VISION 2000. Para este análisis, los edificios se clasifican en tipologías estructurales para las cuales se conocen espectros de capacidad. Para estimar la acción sísmica (en roca firme), se adaptan espectros de amenaza uniforme a las formas espectrales del Eurocódigo 8. Para evaluar la acción sísmica en superficie, se emplean espectros de respuesta para diferentes tipos de suelo, de acuerdo a los resultados de estudios de mesozonación sísmica. A partir de la evaluación del comportamiento y daño esperado de los edificios, se presentan alternativas para evaluar las pérdidas económicas, índices de funcionalidad, así como estimaciones del tiempo de recuperación, que permiten identificar las instalaciones más críticas. Estos procedimientos se aplican a edificios esenciales de Cataluña (España), considerando periodos de retorno de 475 y 975 años. A escala local, esta metodología se aplica a los edificios esenciales ubicados en la Comarca de Val d'Arán. Este análisis permite evaluar su seguridad y priorizarlos según los daños esperados. De estos resultados se encuentra que cerca del 70% de los edificios son operacionales para periodos de retorno de 475 años. Para periodos de retorno de 975 años, son menos del 10% los edificios no cumplen con el nivel de comportamiento de seguridad de la vida. En cuanto a los daños esperados, el promedio de las instalaciones, para un periodo de retorno de 475 años, tienen un índice de pérdida económica del 25%. En cuanto a su funcionalidad, se observa que cerca del 50% tienen un índice de funcionalidad menor a 0.5. A escala regional, el mismo procedimiento se aplica para evaluar la seguridad de un conjunto de centros educativos de Cataluña, compuesto por instalaciones ubicadas en la Comarca de Val d'Aran, en la Provincia de Girona, así como edificios construidos con sistemas industrializados, la mayoría situados en la Provincia de Barcelona. Del total de centros analizados, para un periodo de retorno de 475 años, son menos del 5% las instalaciones que no cumplen con el nivel de comportamiento operacional. Para un periodo de retorno de 975 años, todos los centros educativos cumplen con el requisito de seguridad de la vida. El promedio de la pérdida económica de los centros de Girona se encuentra entre el 15% y el 20%. El promedio de la pérdida económica del conjunto de edificios industrializados es inferior al 5%. Para los centros educativos de de Val d'Aran, el promedio de la pérdida económica es del 25%. En forma similar, se desarrolla una evaluación de la seguridad de un conjunto de hospitales públicos de Cataluña. Para eventos de periodo de retorno de 475 años, cerca del 16% no cumplen el nivel de comportamiento operacional. Para eventos de periodo de retorno de 975 años, todos los hospitales cumplen con el requisito de seguridad de la vida. Además de la evaluación del comportamiento, se estiman índices de pérdida económica, de funcionalidad y se propone un Índice de Vulnerabilidad de Hospitales que incluye aspectos estructurales, no estructurales y de capacidad de respuesta a emergencias. Como complemento a la verificación de estándares de seguridad, en este trabajo se adoptan metodologías para la estimación de pérdidas esperadas ante un conjunto de eventos potencialmente dañinos, descritos por su magnitud y tasa de recurrencia. Dichos eventos se generan de acuerdo a la sismicidad de la zona de estudio. Para cada evento se evalúan las aceleraciones espectrales correspondientes al lugar donde se hallan las instalaciones empleando leyes de atenuación. Los edificios se clasifican en tipologías estructurales para las cuales se desarrollan curvas de vulnerabilidad. Dichas curvas relacionan la pérdida esperada y su desviación estándar con la aceleración espectral. Bajo este análisis es posible estimar la pérdida máxima probable para eventos de diferentes periodos de retorno, así como la pérdida anual esperada. Esta metodología se aplica a escala supranacional para evaluar relaciones de beneficio-costo de la reducción del riesgo sísmico en el área construida de centros educativos públicos de países de América Latina. Este análisis se centra en las pérdidas económicas y permite identificar los países en los cuales resulta viable la intervención estructural. Estos resultados se comparan con índices de progreso del sector educativo y de inversión pública en educación, con el fin de identificar los países en los cuales, los daños en la infraestructura escolar representan altos costos de oportunidad y pueden afectar el cumplimiento de los objetivos y metas en educación. Para la gestión de la seguridad de los edificios y sistemas esenciales, además de la estimación de las pérdidas económicas, es de interés evaluar las pérdidas asociadas a la interrupción del servicio durante terremotos, así como los impactos del desastre. Para el primer caso, se desarrolla un modelo para evaluar la respuesta de los hospitales durante eventos sísmicos. En este modelo se estiman el número de pacientes ingresados, en espera y no tratados oportunamente en un conjunto de hospitales. Este análisis se desarrolla para el conjunto de hospitales públicos de Cataluña para periodos de retorno de 475 y 975 años, así como para un conjunto de eventos generados de acuerdo a la peligrosidad sísmica de la región de estudio. De este análisis se encuentra que los hospitales con comportamiento crítico son aquellos ubicados en las zonas de mayor densidad de población y de mayor peligrosidad sísmica, en las cuales se espera que ocurran más heridos y que los hospitales puedan tener mayores daños. Para periodos de retorno de 475 años, el porcentaje de heridos no tratados oportunamente en el sistema puede llegar a ser del 8% y del 25% para periodos de retorno de 975 años. Para evaluar el impacto socioeconómico de los daños por terremotos en edificios esenciales, en este trabajo se adoptan metodologías para estimar los efectos sobre la población asociados a la reducción del funcionamiento de las instalaciones luego de eventos sísmicos. Estos procedimientos se aplican a un conjunto de hospitales públicos de Cataluña, con el fin de evaluar la reducción en la producción de salud, teniendo en cuenta diferentes escenarios de daños. La producción de salud se considera como el resultado de los servicios médicos ofrecidos con la infraestructura y recursos hospitalarios disponibles, los cuales influyen en la salud de la población. La producción de salud se mide en términos de la tasa de mortalidad (número de personas fallecidas anualmente por cada mil habitantes). De esta manera, una reducción en la producción de salud está relacionada con aumentos en la tasa de mortalidad. En el modelo adoptado, la producción de salud se relaciona con indicadores de los recursos sanitarios como el número de camas, personal médico y el diagnóstico de pacientes empleando nuevas tecnologías. De los resultados de este análisis se encuentra que, para escenarios de periodo de retorno de 475, la reducción en la producción de salud está relacionada con incrementos en la tasa de mortalidad de 0.84 muertos por cada mil habitantes. Dicho incremento es de de 1.14 para periodos de retorno de 975 años. Las metodologías propuestas y los resultados obtenidos son útiles para evaluar la importancia de la seguridad sísmica de los edificios y sistemas esenciales. Además de la verificación de los estándares de seguridad, los índices de pérdida económica, de funcionalidad, el análisis ..

Download or read book Modelo reducido para la evaluaci n r pida del desempe o s smico de edificios mediante an lisis din mico no lineal written by Alex Patricio Noroña Venegas and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los análisis dinámicos paso a paso no-lineal son la herramienta computacional más realista en la evaluación de una estructura frente a movimientos sísmicos. Sin embargo, presentan complejidad y ocupan mayor tiempo que al realizar un análisis estático equivalente o análisis modal espectral, por lo que su uso en la práctica es limitado. En este trabajo se presenta una herramienta rápida que permita obtener respuestas prácticas a esta realidad, con la simplificación de una estructura a un edificio de cortante, que es un método aproximado ampliamente conocido en el medio que permite realizar análisis estáticos y dinámicos; y que se utilizara como una herramienta para la optimización de una estructura en función de los parámetros de interés en este estudio.

Download or read book Evaluaci n mediante an lisis no lineal del edificio Santa Rita written by Adriana Lucía Díaz Cáceres and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El presente documento corresponde al análisis estático no-lineal de la edificación estructural del Proyecto Santa Rita, ubicado en la ciudad de Yopal, en el departamento del Casanare, a partir de los lineamientos establecidos en el Reglamento Colombiano de Construcción Sismo Resistente NSR-10 y el estándar americano ASCE/SEI 41-17 "Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings". El edificio ubicado en zona de amenaza sísmica alta; presenta un sistema estructural de resistencia sísmica combinado, el cual comprende pórticos de concreto resistente a momentos y muros estructurales. La finalidad del estudio es analizar el comportamiento de la estructura en el rango no-lineal, partiendo del análisis elástico previamente realizado, por medio de un modelo tridimensional que permita captar la secuencia de deformaciones en los elementos al aplicarle una carga lateral incrementada hasta llegar al estado limite o de colapso de la estructura.

Download or read book The Protective Arm of the Renin Angiotensin System RAS written by Thomas Unger and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-04-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Protective Arm of the Renin Angiotensin System: Functional Aspects and Therapeutic Implications is the first comprehensive publication to signal the protective role of a distinct part of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS), providing readers with early insight into a complex system which will become of major medical importance in the near future. Focusing on recent research, The Protective Arm of the Renin Angiotensin System presents a host of new experimental studies on specific components of the RAS, namely angiotensin AT2 receptors (AT2R), the angiotensin (1–7) peptide with its receptor Mas, and the enzyme ACE 2, which exert significant beneficial, health-promoting actions by counterbalancing the well-known harmful arm of the RAS with its classical angiotensin AT1 receptor. This innovative concept of the protective arm of the RAS, examined in this reference, represents an indispensable background and will be a strong support for biomedical students, researchers, cardiologists, surgeons, nephrologists, diabetologists, and endocrinologists, as well as any other physician or researcher concerned with RAS physiology, pathophysiology and clinical implications. Provides a complete understanding of the protective side of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) involving angiotensin AT2 receptor, ACE2, and Ang(1-7)/Mas receptor Combines the knowledge of editors who pioneered research on the protective renin angiotensin system including; Dr. Thomas Unger, one of the founders of AT2 receptor research; Dr. Ulrike M. Steckelings, who contributed significantly to first preclinical studies with a novel specific AT2-agonist, and Dr. Robson Santos who pioneered research on angiotensin-(1-7) and its receptor Mas. Shows that the protective RAS axes are able to ameliorate the course of several cardiovascular, renal, metabolic and neurological diseases Provides the basis for the understanding of a novel therapeutic approach to stimulate components of the protective arm of the RAS.

Download or read book Liquefaction Problems in Geotechnical Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources written by R. Bowen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Arab oil embargo of 1974, it has been clear that the days of almost limitless quantities of low-cost energy have passed. In addition, ever worsening pollution due to fossil fuel consumption, for instance oil and chemical spills, strip mining, sulphur emission and accumulation of solid wastes, has, among other things, led to an increase of as much as 10% in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in this century. This has induced a warming trend through the 'greenhouse effect' which prevents infrared radiation from leaving it. Many people think the average planetary temperatures may rise by 4°C or so by 2050. This is probably true since Antarctic ice cores evidence indicates that, over the last 160000 years, ice ages coincided with reduced levels of carbon dioxide and warmer interglacial episodes with increased levels of the gas in the atmosphere. Consequently, such an elevation of temperature over such a relatively short span of time would have catastrophic results in terms of rising sea level and associated flooding of vast tracts of low-lying lands. Reducing the burning of fossil fuels makes sense on both economic and environmental grounds. One of the most attractive alternatives is geothermal resources, especially in developing countries, for instance in El Salvador where geothermal energy provides about a fifth of total installed electrical power already. In fact, by the middle 1980s, at least 121 geothermal power plants were operating worldwide, most being of the dry steam type.

Download or read book The End of Capitalism as We Knew It written by J. K. Gibson-Graham and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006-03-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1990s, at the height of academic discussion about the inevitability of capitalist globalization, J. K. Gibson-Graham presented a groundbreaking and controversial argument for envisioning alternative economies. This new edition includes an introduction in which the authors address critical responses to The End of Capitalism and outline the economic research and activism they have been engaged in since the book was first published. “Paralyzing problems are banished by this dazzlingly lucid, creative, and practical rethinking of class and economic transformation.” —Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University, Hong Kong “Profoundly imaginative.” —Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, City University of New York “Filled with insights, it is clearly written and well supported with good examples of actual, deconstructive practices.” —International Journal of Urban and Regional Research J. K. Gibson-Graham is the pen name of Katherine Gibson and Julie Graham, feminist economic geographers who work, respectively, at the Australian National University in Canberra and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Download or read book Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene written by Katherine Gibson and published by punctum books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The recent 10,000 year history of climatic stability on Earth that enabled the rise of agriculture and domestication, the growth of cities, numerous technological revolutions, and the emergence of modernity is now over. We accept that in the latest phase of this era, modernity is unmaking the stability that enabled its emergence. Over the 21st century severe and numerous weather disasters, scarcity of key resources, major changes in environments, enormous rates of extinction, and other forces that threaten life are set to increase. But we are deeply worried that current responses to these challenges are focused on market-driven solutions and thus have the potential to further endanger our collective commons. Today public debate is polarized. On one hand we are confronted with the immobilizing effects of knowing "the facts" about climate change. On the other we see a powerful will to ignorance and the effects of a pernicious collaboration between climate change skeptics and industry stakeholders. Clearly, to us, the current crisis calls for new ways of thinking and producing knowledge. Our collective inclination has been to go on in an experimental and exploratory mode, in which we refuse to foreclose on options or jump too quickly to "solutions." In this spirit we feel the need to acknowledge the tragedy of anthropogenic climate change. It is important to tap into the emotional richness of grief about extinction and loss without getting stuck on the "blame game." Our research must allow for the expression of grief and mourning for what has been and is daily being lost. But it is important to adopt a reparative rather than a purely critical stance toward knowing. Might it be possible to welcome the pain of "knowing" if it led to different ways of working with non-human others, recognizing a confluence of desire across the human/non-human divide and the vital rhythms that animate the world? Our discussions have focused on new types of ecological economic thinking and ethical practices of living. We are interested in: Resituating humans within ecological systems Resituating non-humans in ethical terms Systems of survival that are resilient in the face of change Diversity and dynamism in ecologies and economies Ethical responsibility across space and time, between places and in the future Creating new ecological economic narratives. Starting from the recognition that there is no "one size fits all" response to climate change, we are concerned to develop an ethics of place that appreciates the specificity and richness of loss and potentiality. While connection to earth others might be an overarching goal, it will be to certain ecologies, species, atmospheres and materialities that we actually connect. We could see ourselves as part of country, accepting the responsibility not forgotten by Indigenous people all over the world, of "singing" country into health. This might mean cultivating the capacity for deep listening to each other, to the land, to other species and thereby learning to be affected and transformed by the body-world we are part of; seeing the body as a center of animation but not the ground of a separate self; renouncing the narcissistic defense of omnipotence and an equally narcissistic descent into despair. We think that we can work against singular and global representations of "the problem" in the face of which any small, multiple, place-based action is rendered hopeless. We can choose to read for difference rather than dominance; think connectivity rather than hyper-separation; look for multiplicity - multiple climate changes, multiple ways of living with earth others. We can find ways forward in what is already being done in the here and now; attend to the performative effects of any analysis; tell stories in a hopeful and open way - allowing for the possibility that life is dormant rather than dead. We can use our critical capacities to recover our rich traditions of counter-culture and theorize them outside the mainstream/alternative binary. All these ways of thinking and researching give rise to new strategies for going forward. Think of the chapters of this book as tentative hoverings, as the fluttering of butterfly wings, scattering germs of ideas that can take root and grow."--Publisher's website.

Download or read book Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo obscene written by Henrik Ernstson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene: Interruptions and Possibilities centres on how to organize anew the articulation between emancipatory theory and political activism. Across its theoretical and empirical chapters, written by leading scholars from anthropology, geography, urban studies, and political science, the book explores new political possibilities that are opening up in an age marked by proliferating contestations, sharpening socio-ecological inequalities, and planetary processes of urbanization and environmental change. A deepened conversation between urban environmental studies and political theory is mobilized to chart a radically new direction for the field of urban political ecology and cognate disciplines: What could emancipatory politics be about in our time? What does a return of the political under the aegis of equality and freedom signal today in theory and in practice? How do political movements emerge that could re-invent equality and freedom as actually existing socio-ecological practices? The hope is to contribute discussions that can expand and rearrange critical environmental studies to remain relevant in a time of deepening depoliticization and the rise of post-truth politics. Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene will be of interest to postgraduates, established scholars, and upper level undergraduates from any discipline or field with an interest in the interface between the urban, the environment, and the political, including: geography, urban studies, environmental studies, and political science.

Download or read book Liquid Power written by Erik Swyngedouw and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power. In this book, Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernization and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, Swyngedouw shows that every political project is also an environmental project. In 1898, Spain lost its last overseas colony, triggering a period of post-imperialist turmoil still referred to as El Disastre. Turning inward, the nation embarked on “regeneration” and modernization. Water played a central role in this; during a turbulent period from the twentieth century into the twenty-first—through the Franco years and into the new era of liberal democracy—Spain's waterscapes were completely transformed, with large-scale projects that ranged from dam construction to irrigation to desalinization. Swyngedouw describes the contested political-ecological process that marked this transformation, showing that the Spain's diverse and contested paths to modernization were predicated on particular trajectories of environmental transformation. After laying out his theoretical perspectives, Swyngedouw analyzes three periods of Spain's political-ecological modernization: the aspirations and stalled modernization of the early twentieth century; the accelerated efforts under the authoritarian Franco regime—which included six hundred dams, expanded hydroelectricity, and massive irrigation; and the changing hydro-social landscape under social democracy. Offering an innovative perspective on the relationship of nature and society, Liquid Power illuminates the political nature of nature.

Download or read book Thinking with Soils written by Juan Francisco Salazar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a novel and systematic social theory of soil, and is representative of the rising interest in 'the material' in social sciences. Bringing together new modes of 'critical description' with speculative practices and methods of inquiry, it contributes to the exploration of current transformations in socioecologies, as well as in political and artistic practices, in order to address global ecological change. The chapters in this edited volume challenge scholars to attend more carefully to the ways in which they think about soil, both materially and theoretically. Contributors address a range of topics, including new ways of thinking about the politics of caring for soils; the ecological and symbiotic relations between soils; how the productive capacities and contested governance of soils are deployed as matters of political concern; and indigenous ways of knowing and being with soil.

Download or read book U S Geological Survey Open file Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Our Emotional Makeup written by Vinciane Despret and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken hearts, edgy nerves, tightened throats—our emotions grab and take hold of us. But if our emotions appear obvious to us, are they necessarily real or universal? This, of course, is what researchers in physiology and psychology assert, but they will ultimately be disappointed. Vinciane Despret sets out in this book to show how some of our emotions, precisely those we thought were a natural part of our make-up, do not exist unless they have been inscribed in our subjectivity through the mediation of culture. Emotions do not exist per se, but only within relations to others. Anthropologists and ethnologists often return from distant regions and remote islands with emotions unknown to their peers at home, and which can only be expressed in the tribal tongue they have learned. Following such discoveries, one should not be surprised to find that anger does not exist among the Uktus, and the Ikfalus have to teach fear to their children. One only has to consider the emotions of other cultures and traditions to recognize that they are human productions with wide and significant variations, like good manners. Our emotions, finally, represent the way that we see the world and try to make it our own.

Download or read book The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage written by Roberta Garabello and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage represents a major step forward in the field of international law. New archaeological rules as well as a comprehensive co-operation system among the States concerned are set up by the new Convention. Despite the negative attitude assumed by few States at the moment of voting for the text of the Convention, this new international instrument is welcome by the great majority of States. This volume focuses on the main aspects of the Convention. It is divided in two parts, to describe the situation before and after the adoption (and the forthcoming into force) of the Convention. In the first part the contradictions resulting from the regime established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are analysed together with the undesirable results of the application of the rules of admiralty (law of salvage and law of finds) to the underwater cultural heritage. In the second part the negotiation process is described, both in its general aspects (the myths surrounding the draft) and in its specific results (the drafting of each single provision).