Societal and observational problems in earthquake risk assessments and their delivery to those most at risk

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-173

  Bilham, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Faults; Mid plate strain

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EARTHQUAKE-ENGINEERING; FAULTS; HISTORICAL DATA; LOSS OF LIFE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK;

CRIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORRUPTION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84872396605     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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