Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering‎:‎ From Source to Fragility‎,‎ Second Edition combines aspects of engineering seismology‎,‎ structural and geotechnical earthquake engineering to assemble the vital components required for a deep understanding of response of structures to earthquake ground motion‎,‎ from the seismic source to the evaluation of actions and deformation required for design‎,‎ and culminating with probabilistic fragility analysis that applies to individual as well as groups of buildings‎.‎ Basic concepts for accounting for the effects of soil‎-structure interaction effects in seismic design and assessment are also provided in this second edition‎.‎ The nature of earthquake risk assessment is inherently multi‎-disciplinary‎.‎ Whereas this book addresses only structural safety assessment and design‎,‎ the problem is cast in its appropriate context by relating structural damage states to societal consequences and expectations‎,‎ through the fundamental response quantities of stiffness‎,‎ strength and ductility‎.‎ This new edition includes material on the nature of earthquake sources and mechanisms‎,‎ various methods for the characterization of earthquake input motion‎,‎ effects of soil‎-structure interaction‎,‎ damage observed in reconnaissance missions‎,‎ modeling of structures for the purposes of response simulation‎,‎ definition of performance limit states‎,‎ fragility relationships derivation‎,‎ features and effects of underlying soil‎,‎ structural and architectural systems for optimal seismic response‎,‎ and action and deformation quantities suitable for design‎.‎ Key features‎:‎ * Unified and novel approach‎:‎ from source to fragility * Clear conceptual framework for structural response analysis‎,‎ earthquake input characterization‎,‎ modelling of soil‎-structure interaction and derivation of fragility functions * Theory and relevant practical applications are merged within each chapter * Contains a new chapter on the derivation of fragility * Accompanied by a website containing illustrative slides‎,‎ problems with solutions and worked‎-through examples Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering‎:‎ From Source to Fragility‎,‎ Second Edition is designed to support graduate teaching and learning‎,‎ introduce practising structural and geotechnical engineers to earthquake analysis and design problems‎,‎ as well as being a reference book for further studies‎.‎