Building damage by debris flows in the Sarno area, southern Italy

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1209-1220

  Toyos, G ^a   Oppenheimer, C ^a   Pareschi, M T ^b   Sulpizio, R ^b   Zanchetta, G ^b   Zuccaro, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Lab di Urbanistica di Planificazione Territoriale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building damage; Damage distribution; Debris flow; Intensity; Structural typology

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

BUILDING DAMAGE; DAMAGE DISTRIBUTION; DEBRIS FLOW; VOLCANOIC DEPOSITS;

DEBRIS;

EID: 33644613674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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