A study of the human-fatality rate in near-fault regions using the Victim Attribute Database

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-35

  Pai, Chih Hung ^a,b   Tien, Yong Ming ^a   Teng, Ta Liang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; GIS; GPS; Human fatality rate; The Chelungpu fault; Victim Attribute Database

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DATABASE; FAULT ZONE; GIS; GPS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250013172     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9043-8     Document Type: Article

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