The growing concern about the protection of built heritage and the sustainability of urban
areas has driven the reoccupation of existing masonry buildings, which, in the great majority …

Seismic damage assessment is an extraordinary opportunity to evaluate the reliability of
vulnerability and risk methodologies applied to historic masonry buildings, giving the …

The buildings' capacity to maintain minimum structural safety levels during natural disasters,
such as earthquakes, is recognisably one of the aspects that most influence urban …

Seismic risk evaluation of built-up areas involves analysis of the level of earthquake hazard
of the region, building vulnerability and exposure. Within this approach that defines seismic …

The present manuscript deals with the seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry
churches, which is a fundamental process for risk and consequent prioritization analyses, as …

abstract In this framework, the current research work aims to analyse a sub-urban sector of
the historic centre of Sant'Antimo, located in the province of Naples (Italy), in order to assess …

Masonry structures are complex systems that require a thorough and detailed knowledge
and information regarding their behavior under seismic loading. Appropriate modeling of a …

The relevant losses determined by recent earthquakes stressed the vulnerability of historical
masonry constructions towards horizontal seismic actions, therefore highlighting the need …

The seismic vulnerability assessment of old masonry buildings is essential not only to
buildings with recognised historical and heritage value but also to ordinary residential …

The vulnerability assessment of the building stock in a given territorial area, such as a city or
an entire country, is a key prerequisite for evaluating risk, not only because of the potential …