Seismic vulnerability and risk assessment: Case study of the historic city centre of Coimbra, Portugal

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1067-1096

  Vicente, Romeu ^a   Parodi, Sonia ^b   Lagomarsino, Sergio ^b   Varum, Humberto ^a   Silva, J A R Mendes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Damage scenarios; GIS mapping; Historic city centres; Loss estimation; Seismic risk; Traditional masonry buildings; Vulnerability; Vulnerability index method

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE SCENARIOS; GIS MAPPING; HISTORIC CITY; LOSS ESTIMATION; MASONRY BUILDING; SEISMIC RISK; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY INDEX METHOD;

BUILDINGS; DAMAGE DETECTION; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; RATING; RESEARCH; RETROFITTING; RISK PERCEPTION; SEISMOLOGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; MASONRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79960037906     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-010-9233-3     Document Type: Article

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