Empirical building fragilities from observed damage in the 2009 South Pacific tsunami

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 156-173

  Reese, Stefan ^a   Bradley, Brendon A ^b   Bind, Jochen ^a   Smart, Graeme ^a   Power, William ^c   Sturman, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Fragility functions; Risk assessment; Samoa; South Pacific tsunami; Tsunami impact

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COASTAL ZONE; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASONRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI EVENT;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SAMOA;

EID: 79958822039     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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