chapter INTRODUCTION* -- part 1 Acoustic Emission and Critical Structural States -- chapter STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION BY MEANS OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION / chapter SOME OBSERVATIONS ONACOUSTIC EMISSION/STRESS/TIME RELATIONSHIPS / chapter LOCALIZATIONAND MODE DETERMINATION OF FRACTURE EVENTS BYACOUSTIC EMISSION / chapter SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTURE IN QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS / part 1 2 AE detection of failure processes in concrete structures -- chapter ACOUSTIC EMISSIONANALYSIS OF CONCRETE FOR CORROSION, DAMAGEAND CRACKING MECHANISM / chapter LOCALIZATIONACCURACY OF MICROCRACKS IN DAMAGED CONCRETE STRUCTURES / part 1 3 AE damage quantification in civil structures -- chapter CONTRIBUTION OFAE MONITORING TOTHE NEW ERA OF SUSTAINABLE CIVIL STRUCTURES / chapter ACOUSTIC EMISSIONANALYSIS DURING TEST LOADING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES / chapter ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING OFA CONCRETE HINGE JOINT BRIDGE STRUCTURE / part 2 Seismic Mechanics and Critical Behaviours -- chapter NUCLEATIONAND CRITICAL PHENOMENA, DAMAGE, AND CHARACTERISTIC EARTHQUAKES / chapter ACCELERATING MOMENT RELEASE BEFORE LARGE EARTHQUAKES / part 2 2 Scale invariant behaviour in earthquake occurrence -- chapter SCALINGAND UNIVERSALITY IN THE DYNAMICS OF SEISMIC OCCURRENCEAND BEYOND / chapter MULTIDIMENSIONALAPPROACHES TO STUDY ITALIAN SEISMICITY