Malawi is one of the least-developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with disaster-prone housing infrastructure characterized by poor construction materials. Therefore, there is a …
Seismic fragility assessment provides a substantial tool for assessing the seismic resilience of these buildings. However, using traditional numerical methods to derive fragility curves …
Malawi is an earthquake-prone country that lies within the East African Rift. A large proportion of its population lives in non-engineered single-storey constructions made of clay …
A regional seismic risk analysis for central-southern Malawi is conducted by focusing on the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault within the East African Rift System and by incorporating local …
Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation in many parts of Africa is a significant driver of earthquake risk. New constructions are usually built with no compliance with seismic codes …
Non-engineered construction accounts for more than half of the building stock in low and middle-income countries. A significant portion of these buildings is constructed using …
Seismic hazard assessment in slow straining regions is challenging because earthquake catalogues only record events from approximately the last 100 years, whereas earthquake …
The intensity and the frequency of natural hazards have rapidly increased during past decades due to climate change. Due to reasons such as urbanization, vulnerable …
Historical and instrumental earthquake catalogs in low strain rate regions are not necessarily indicative of the long-term spatio-temporal distribution of seismicity. This implies …