Seismic risk assessment and hazard mapping in Nepal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 583-602

  Chaulagain, Hemchandra ^a,b   Rodrigues, Hugo ^c   Silva, Vitor ^a   Spacone, Enrico ^d   Varum, Humberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Oxford College of Engineering and Management   (Nepal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Nepalese buildings; Seismic hazard; Seismic risk; Structural vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; VULNERABILITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 85027928777     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1734-6     Document Type: Article

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