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Challenges to seismic rehabilitation decision process in New Zealand: a focus of decision environment

International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2016
Implementing seismic rehabilitation requires a substantial investment for substandard building owners. Seismic retrofitting can significantly reduce earthquake damages to the built envi­ronment and thus decrease the risk posing to the public and the ...
Fei J. Ying, Suzanne Wilkinson, Jim Corner   +2 more
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Creating Flood Disasters: Environmental Memory and Adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.
This article explores three questions. First, why does New Zealand have widespread flooding hazards? Second, why are these persistent, with little seemingly learned from the memory of earlier events? And third, beyond reiterating conventional solutions, what examples of alternatives or adaptations are being developed in different places?
Eric Pawson
wiley   +1 more source

Low‐Cost Friction‐Based Force‐Limiting Connection With Reduced Sensitivity to Machining Tolerances and Accelerated Repairability

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1270-1291, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel yet practical friction‐based structural component design for low‐damage earthquake‐resistant structures. The proposed connection design is based on a conventional slotted‐bolted configuration with the novelty being the use of loose steel washer plates to establish the friction‐sliding interface.
Kaixin Chen, Georgios Tsampras, Chung‐Che Chou, Huang‐Zuo Lin, Chi‐Jeng Wu, Alvaro Córdova, Chia‐Ming Uang, Shih‐Ho Chao   +7 more
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Opportunities for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Seismic Hazard Model to Improve Seismic Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
As fragility and risk modeling techniques and computational capabilities evolve, complemented by moving toward more routine and systematic seismic risk assessment of all buildings and critical infrastructure, the authors pose a few critical questions to investigate how the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Seismic Hazard Models (NSHMs) can be used
Kishor S. Jaiswal, N. Simon Kwong
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Post‐Earthquake Emergency Healthcare Accessibility Considering Damage to Hospital Buildings and Transportation Infrastructure

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
This article presents a framework for performing a regional assessment of the accessibility of emergency healthcare facilities after a major earthquake. Accessibility is assessed by applying the enhanced two‐step floating catchment area method to a regional road network, implemented in ArcGIS.
Kiranjot Kaur, Carlos Molina Hutt, Amy M. Kim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing seismic performance: Integrating friction dampers into spherical liquid tanks

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies
This study addresses the vital challenge of ensuring the safe storage of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) in spherical tanks during seismic events, focusing on the crucial balance between meeting seis- mic performance criteria and mitigating economic losses due ...
Mehmet Fatih Altan, Yunus Uçar
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User Acceptance and Perceptions of Earthquake Early Warning Systems as a Function of Information Type: The Case of Postearthquake Nepal

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
What drives user perceptions and acceptance of earthquake early warning systems (EEWS) as an emerging technology? Do distinct types of transparency into EEWS affect users’ perceptions of the system's usefulness and desirability differently? To address these questions, we focus on Nepal, an earthquake‐prone country with no active public EEWS ...
Shana Scogin, Sagar Khanal, Saphal Joshi, Rachael Lau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic and Energetic Interventions on a Typical South Italy Residential Building: Cost Analysis and Tax Detraction

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2019
Italian buildings are mainly represented by unreinforced masonry (URM) constructions, which were mostly built before 1970, often without respecting seismic design criteria.
Antonio Formisano, Generoso Vaiano, Francesco Fabbrocino   +2 more
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Achieving Functionality Targets for Seismically Isolated Steel Buildings Using Gaussian Process Modeling

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
As seismic design paradigms shift toward functional recovery, there is a need for efficient methods to achieve desired decision variables (DVs), such as probability of replacement, repair cost, and downtime of the building, for seismically isolated buildings.
Huy G. Pham, Tracy C. Becker
wiley   +1 more source

The Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Bridges: Global Methods and Local Applications in Duhok City, Iraq

Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering
Bridges built before the introduction of the modern seismic design codes are very prone to damage caused by earthquakes, especially in developing regions that do not have systematic retrofit programs. In Duhok City, Iraq, the rising seismic activity, in
Noor Alaani
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