Cities in the developing world are facing outstanding economic and human losses caused
by natural hazards such as earthquakes, and the amount of losses is affected by the quality …

Humanitarian network design decisions belonging to the preparedness stage of disaster
management life-cycle are of critical importance since they set the frame for all further post …

Earthquake disasters pose significant risks and remain a serious threat for millions of people
causing a devastating loss of lives and damage to the infrastructure resulting in huge socio …

The assessment of earthquake risk in portfolio, urban or regional scale constitutes an
important element in the mitigation of economic and social losses due to earthquakes …

This article studies the effects of the soil data and exposure data of residential building
inventories, as well as their spatial resolution, on seismic damage and loss estimates for a …

Rapid loss estimation after potentially damaging earthquakes is critical for effective
emergency response and public information. A methodology and software package, ELER …

• Professor Andreas Kappos, co-author with G. Penelis of the book titled, Earthquake
Resistant Concrete Structures (1997). We are grateful for his consent to reproduce a number …

From several decades ago, the average shear wave velocity for the top 30 m (Vs30) has
been proposed as one of the important factors that reflects the amplification behavior of a …

Many historic buildings in old urban centers in Eastern Canada are made of stone masonry
reputed to be highly vulnerable to seismic loads. Seismic risk assessment of stone masonry …

Southeastern Europe faces a significant earthquake threat, endangering lives, property, and
infrastructure thus jeopardizing sustainable development. The development of a Rapid …