Seismic risk index for Canadian cities

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 558-566

  Cockburn, G ^a   Tesfamariam, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNERS; CULTURAL FACTORS; DAVIDSON; DECISION MAKERS; EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RISK; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE RISK; GLOBAL AWARENESS; GLOBAL INDICATORS; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEISMIC DESIGN;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73949116465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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