The role of earthquake hazard maps in loss estimation: A study of the northridge earthquake

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 721-737

  Olshansky, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MAP; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTHRIDGE; UNITED STATES;

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; LAND USE; MAPS; PIPE; SITE SELECTION; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE LOSS ESTIMATION; LOCAL SCALE SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0031270312     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1585977     Document Type: Article

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