Factors determining human casualties in earthquakes: A revised loss modelling approach

8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 5522-5531

  So, E K M ^a   Spence, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; CASUALTY RATE; COLLAPSED BUILDINGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE; INJURY LEVELS; LOSS ESTIMATION; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84865836829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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