Istanbul at the Threshold

摘要：这是要求支持美国参加3国首脑会议的提案（土耳其和日本）制作了一本关于伊斯坦布尔地震活动性和地震脆弱性的小册子，伊斯坦布尔是土耳其的一个超过1200万人口的大都市。(1)知识价值：由于预期地震的迫近，在过去五年中产生了大量关于这些主题的技术文献。该项目的目标是综合这些信息，并将其表达为读者以及参与风险降低的专业人员可以理解的语言。(2)更广泛的影响：这本书（包括关于地震活动性、结构脆弱性和降低风险建议的章节）将由9名地震专家编写，每个参与国（美国、土耳其和日本）3名专家编写，并将在2005年6月初在土耳其举行的会议之后的6个月内出版。

ABSTRACTThis is a proposal requesting support for the U.S. participation in a three-nation meeting(U.S., Turkey, and Japan) to produce a brief book on the seismicity and seismicvulnerability of Istanbul, a metropolis of over 12,000,000 in Turkey.(1) Intellectual Merit: Because of the anticipated imminence of the earthquake, a largeamount of technical literature has been produced on these subjects over the past fiveyears. The object of the project is to synthesize this information and express it inlanguage intelligible to the reading public as well as to professionals involved in riskreduction.(2) Broader Impact: The book (with chapters on seismicity, structural vulnerability, andrecommendations for risk reduction) will be prepared by nine earthquake professionals,three from each participating country (U.S., Turkey, and Japan) and published within aperiod of six months after the meeting to be held in Turkey in early June 2005.