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Photo credits

Fig. 1: Collapsed elevated freeway in center of Kobe, courtesy of The Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Fig. 2: Central part of Kobe destroyed by fire, courtesy of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland and Christian Brauner, Freiburg i. Breisgau, Germany

Fig. 3: Collapsed exit/access freeway ramps, courtesy of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland and Christian Brauner, Freiburg i. Breisgau, Germany

Fig. 4: Twisted tracks and trains in Kobe railroad yard, courtesy of The Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Fig. 5: Collapsed elevated freeway section, courtesy of The Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Fig. 6: House in Kobe, courtesy of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland and Christian Brauner, Freiburg I. Breisgau, Germany

Fig. 7: Modern high-rise building, courtesy of The Japan Times Limited (Kimio Ida and Toshiki Sawaguchi)

Fig. 8: Port facilities, courtesy of The Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Fig. 9: Concrete building, courtesy of Prof. Nagasawa, Tokyo University

Fig. 10: Document storage, courtesy of Prof. Nagasawa, Tokyo University

Fig. 11: X-ray equipment, courtesy of Prof. Nagasawa, Tokyo University

Fig. 12: Computer equipment, courtesy of Prof. Nagasawa, Tokyo University

Front cover: View of Kobe, courtesy of Hyogo Prefectural Government

Back cover: Kobe Street, courtesy of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland and Christian Brauner, Freiburg i. Breisgau, Germany