Seismic vulnerability and risk in the Himalayan township of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-526

  Rautela, Piyoosh ^a   Joshi, Girish Chandra ^a   Bhaisora, Bhupendra ^a  

^a Uttarakhand Secretariat   (India)

Author keywords

Damage grade; Rapid visual screening; Risk; Seismicity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956866191     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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