An object-based image analysis for building seismic vulnerability assessment using high-resolution remote sensing imagery

Natural Hazards

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-174

  Wu, Hao ^a,b   Cheng, Zhiping ^a   Shi, Wenzhong ^b   Miao, Zelang ^b,c   Xu, Chenchen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building height estimation; Building information extraction; Building seismic vulnerability assessment; Object based image analysis; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893938338     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0905-6     Document Type: Article

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