Brief communication: "fast-track earthquake risk assessment for selected urban areas in Turkey"

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 571-585

  Kepekci, D ^a   Ozcep, F ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN AREA;

TURKEY;

EID: 79952027439     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-571-2011     Document Type: Article

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