An integrated method combining remote sensing data and local knowledge for the large-scale estimation of seismic loss risks to buildings in the context of rapid socioeconomic growth: A case study in Tangshan, China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2543-2601

  Su, Guiwu ^a   Qi, Wenhua ^a   Zhang, Suling ^b   Sim, Timothy ^c   Liu, Xinsheng ^d   Sun, Rui ^d   Sun, Lei ^a   Jin, Yifan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building relevant local knowledge (Br LK); China; High resolution optical remote sensing image (Hr ORSI); Large scale estimation of risk; Rapid socioeconomic growth; Seismic loss risk to buildings; Simulation of the impacts of the 1976 Ms 7.8 Tangshan earthquake; Tangshan

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ECONOMICS; FLOORS; HOUSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SCALE ESTIMATION; SEISMIC LOSS; TANGSHAN;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84926379871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70302543     Document Type: Article

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