The seismic future of cities

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 839-887

  Bilham, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Earthquake fatalities; Earthquakes; Megacities

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES; EARTHQUAKE-FATALITIES; ENGINEERING COMPETENCES; MEGACITIES; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS; VILLAGES AND TOWNS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; HOUSING;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 77249115793     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-009-9147-0     Document Type: Article

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