Are short-term evacuations warranted? Case of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  van Stiphout, Thomas ^a   Wiemer, Stefan ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

earthquake; hazard; risk

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

DECISION MAKERS; DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CLUSTERING; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; SEISMIC HAZARDS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AQUILA;

EID: 85082754878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042352     Document Type: Article

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