Seismic risk assessment of buildings in urban areas: A case study for Denizli, Turkey

Natural Hazards

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-285

  Inel, Mehmet ^a   Senel, Sevket Murat ^a   Toprak, Selcuk ^a   Manav, Yasemin ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buildings; Casualty analysis; Damage assessment; Denizli; Earthquake; Loss estimation; Seismic risk assessment; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; URBAN AREA;

DENIZLI [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 48449094042     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9187-1     Document Type: Article

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