Seismic vulnerability assessment for buildings in Greece based on observed damage data sets

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 501-534

  Pomonis, A ^a   Gaspari, M ^b   Karababa, F S ^c  

^a Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c PartnerRe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Earthquake damage surveys; Empirical seismic vulnerability assessment; EMS intensity scale; Greece; Observed earthquake damage; SEAHELLARC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905671820     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0069     Document Type: Article

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