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Prediction of earthquake damage and safety in urban life

Shibata, Akenori

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, The Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures, 10-11 September 2003, Hakone, Japan., 2004-02, PDF

Estimating quantitatively the level and the amount of various urban disasters caused by strong earthquakes is one of the very important problems in considering the strategies for disaster-proof urban planning and emergency response. Problems in the process of damage estimation are discussed through the results of damage prediction in Sendai City.

Available online: http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports/reports_2003/0311.pdf

See also:
The Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures, 10-11 September 2003, Hakone, Japan