A vulnerability index based-approach for the historical centre of the city of Latronico (Potenza, Southern Italy)

N Chieffo, A Formisano, R Landolfo, G Milani - Engineering Failure …, 2022 - Elsevier
The research aims to illustrate a vulnerability approach extended for the aggregate masonry
buildings belonging to an urban area of the city of Latronico (Basilicata Region). The area …

Built environment typologies prone to risk: a cluster analysis of open spaces in Italian cities

A D'Amico, M Russo, M Angelosanti, G Bernardini… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Planning for preparedness, in terms of multi-hazard disasters, involves testing the relevant
abilities to mitigate damage and build resilience, through the assessment of deterministic …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic risk of Open Spaces in Historic Built Environments: A matrix-based approach for emergency management and disaster response

L Bernabei, G Mochi, G Bernardini… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Earthquakes affect the safety of the users hosted in both indoor and outdoor urban built
environments, especially in Historic Built Environments (HBEs). Many full HBE-scale risk …

Seismic damage scenarios for the Historic City Center of Leiria, Portugal: Analysis of the impact of different seismic retrofitting strategies on emergency planning

E Anglade, AM Giatreli, A Blyth, B Di Napoli… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a result of several impactful events, the focus of the international community on the effects
of natural hazards in urban areas has been increasing in recent years. The framework for …

Assessing the earthquake systemic vulnerability of the urban centres in the South-East region of Romania. The tale of Galați and Brăila Cities, Romania

AC Albulescu, A Grozavu, D Larion… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world, their impact
being of particular severity in urban areas. Failures relating to proper allocation of resources …

Sustainable planning of seismic emergency in historic centres through semeiotic tools: Comparison of different existing methods through real case studies

G Bernardini, M Lucesoli, E Quagliarini - Sustainable cities and society, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable cities have to constantly face natural catastrophes, and planning actions should
be oriented to quickly manage emergency conditions. Earthquake represents one of the …

Selecting disaster waste transportation routes to reduce overlapping of transportation routes after floods

YH Lee, YC Kim, H Seo - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disasters have been a major subject of research considering damages caused in terms of
losses of lives and properties and the functionality of critical services in cities. Floods …

Method for prioritising buildings for seismic reinforcement based on prediction of earthquake-induced building collapse and evacuation routes

YH Lee, MS Kim, WH Hong - Environmental Hazards, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Seismic design and seismic reinforcement of buildings are important for reducing seismic
damage. Buildings have been prioritised for seismic reinforcement from various …

Innovative methods and materials in structural health monitoring of civil infrastructures

R Zinno, S Artese - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Starting from the early years of the 21st century, the problem of monitoring the physical–
chemical–mechanical conditions of structures and infrastructures for civil use began to be …

State-of-the-Art Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Engineering

R Zinno, EJ OBrien - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the past, when structures contained elements which were prone to deterioration over time
(eg, wood), the maintenance of houses, bridges, etc., was considered vital to allow them to …