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Geohazards

June 18-21, 2006 - Lillehammer, Norway


Editors: , International Centre for Geohazards, Oslo, Norway
, Managing Director, ILF - Consulting Engineers, Innsbruck, Austria
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geotechnik, Freiberg, Germany
, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
The articles for these proceedings are not peer-reviewed.

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Urban Earthquake Risk
Mustafa Erdik, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute

ABSTRACT:
The impact of earthquakes in urban areas is a complex problem compounded by multi-hazard and consequential risk issues, enormous inventory of vulnerable physical elements and the attendant socio-economic problems. A review of our state-of-knowledge and applications on the assessment of urban earthquake risk is provided. Rational urban risk predictions and expected losses from major earthquakes in the future serve the basis and also provide strong reasons for the proactive risk mitigation activities.

Mustafa Erdik, "Urban Earthquake Risk" in "Geohazards", Farrokh Nadim, Rudolf Pöttler, Herbert Einstein, Herbert Klapperich, and Steven Kramer Eds, ECI Symposium Series, Volume P07 (2006). http://services.bepress.com/eci/geohazards/17

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