Fault Lines

Giacomo Parrinello is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University and the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna. He has published in the fields of environmental history, history of urban planning, and modern Italian history.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Sites of disaster map



Introduction: Can Earthquakes Speak?





The Voice of the Earthquake

A Tale of Two Earthquakes

The Structure of This Book



Part I: The 1908 Messina Earthquake



Chapter 1. The 1908 Messina Earthquake





Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fire

Earthquake Science

Earthquake-Proof Urbanism



Chapter 2. Urban Reform 1880-1908





Sanitizing the City

A New Geography of Urban Water

Engineering the City’s Environment

To Live Happily and Forget the Quake



Chapter 3. The Modern City 1909-1943





The Provisional City (and Its Permanent Consequences)

The Master Plan

The City Developers versus the Hut Dwellers

The New City and Its Darker Sides



Part II: The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake



Chapter 4. The 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake





“Like an Atomic Wasteland”

The Disaster of Poverty

Road Maps to Development



Chapter 5. Rural Modernity 1933-1967





Reclamation and Redemption

Development Plans

Grassroots Counter-Measures

The Many Virtues of Water



Chapter 6. Urbanized Countryside 1968-1993





Tents, Barracks, and Committees

The City Territory

New Towns and Ghost Factories

Rural Urbanism



Conclusion: Fault Lines





Tales of Earthquake Urbanism

Fault Lines in a Seismic Country

Hazards, Urbanization, and Nature



Bibliography