Seismic risk assessment for mainland Portugal

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 429-457

  Silva, Vitor ^a,b   Crowley, Helen ^b   Varum, Humberto ^a   Pinho, Rui ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b GEM Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exposure; Portugal; Seismic hazard; Seismic risk; Structural vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84922337880     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-014-9630-0     Document Type: Article

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