Structural vulnerability assessment under natural hazards: A review

COST ACTION C26: Urban Habitat Constructions under Catastrophic Events - Proceedings of the Final Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 711-723

  Vamvatsikos, D ^a   Kouris, L A ^b   Panagopoulos, G ^b   Kappos, A J ^b   Nigro, E ^c   Rossetto, T ^d   Lloyd, T O ^d   Stathopoulos, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL HAZARD; POINTS OF CONTACT; STATE OF THE ART; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84861971423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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