Seismic risk assessment and mapping at different levels

Earthquakes incur the greatest damage compared with all the other natural deleterious occurrences; when occurring in industrialized and densely populated regions, they can prove devastating. In the Russian Federation, we have more than 20 million people living in regions of moderate and high seismic...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2017-08, Vol.88 (Suppl 1), p.43-62
Main Authors: Frolova, N. I., Larionov, V. I., Bonnin, J., Sushchev, S. P., Ugarov, A. N., Kozlov, M. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Built environment
Civil Engineering
Cybersecurity
Damage assessment
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquake construction
Earthquake damage
Earthquakes
Environmental Management
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydrogeology
Mapping
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Population density
Procedures
Regions
Risk assessment
Seismic activity
Seismic hazard
Seismicity
Urban environments
Vulnerability
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Summary:Earthquakes incur the greatest damage compared with all the other natural deleterious occurrences; when occurring in industrialized and densely populated regions, they can prove devastating. In the Russian Federation, we have more than 20 million people living in regions of moderate and high seismicity. The areas that are hit by earthquakes, with events of intensity VII (MMSK-86 scale) or greater occurring, make up approximately 20% of Russia’s area. The present paper addresses the methodological procedures of risk assessment and databases used for risk computations at different levels. The examples of seismic risk assessment and mapping at different levels: country, region and urban, are given. Special attention is paid to information and web technologies used for verification data on built environment inventory and vulnerability.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-016-2654-9