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Earthquake Vulnerability and Seismic Risk Assessment of Bandar Abbas in South of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering, 2013 Bandar Abbas (center of Hormozgan province) is the most important port city in the south of Iran because of its historical places, cultural, economic, social and political importance.
A.A. Fatemi +3 more
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Evaluation of analytical methodologies to derive vulnerability functions [PDF]
, 2012 The recognition of fragility functions as a fundamental tool in seismic risk assessment has led to the development of more and more complex and elaborate procedures for their computation.
Crowley, H. +4 more
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Municipal expected annual loss as an indicator to develop seismic risk maps in Italy [PDF]
, 2019 This work presents a risk-targeted indicator called Municipal Expected Annual Loss (MEAL) for a quantitative estimation of the seismic risk at territorial level.
Faleschini, Flora +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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Redai diliAccurately assessing the urban-rural differences in residential seismic vulnerability is essential for understanding regional earthquake risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
Chen Yu +5 more
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Seismic vulnerability of existing buildings: non-invasive approach for dynamic behaviour assessment
GEOmedia, 2018 This paper presents a brief overview of the concept of seismic risk, with particular regard to existing civil buildings. Given that the seismic risk can be expressed as a combination involving seismic hazard and seismic vulnerability, these aspects are ...
Gianluca Acunzo +2 more
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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract The previous seismic events indicated the vulnerability of old reinforced concrete (RC) structures against earthquakes due to the absence of seismic detailing and capacity design specifications in such buildings. In this context, beam‐column joints (BCJ) of the existing RC structures built before the 1970s have exhibited poor structural ...
Peyman Sabbahfar +3 more
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Hurricane‐induced risk contagion in commercial real estate: Evidence from Hurricane Sandy
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how hurricane‐induced destruction affects the prices of nearby undamaged commercial real estate properties, using Hurricane Sandy as a natural experiment. Using Real Capital Analytics transaction records spatially merged with Federal Emergency Management Agency building‐level damage data, we empirically employ a difference ...
Lu Fang +3 more
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Multi-hazard risk assessment using GIS in urban areas: a case study for the city of Turrialba, Costa Rica [PDF]
, 2002 In the framework of the UNESCO sponsored project on “Capacity Building for Natural Disaster Reduction” a case study was carried out on multi-hazard risk assessment of the city of Turrialba, located in the central part of Costa Rica.
Badilla Coto, Elena +3 more
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