Applying the HAZUS-MH software tool to assess seismic risk in downtown Ottawa, Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Ploeger, S K ^a   Atkinson, G M ^b   Samson, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Casualty assessment; Damage assessment; Eastern Canadian earthquakes; Eastern North American ground motions; HAZUS; Loss estimations

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GIS; GROUND MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOFTWARE; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 77649273580     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9408-x     Document Type: Article

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