Estimating Fatality Rates for Earthquake Loss Models

by Emily So

This manuscript sets out a process for estimating fatalities in collapsed buildings due to ground shaking in an earthquake. The aim of this research is to supplement current earthquake loss estimation with fatality rates (percentage of occupants killed) for use in models which are based on recent empirical information on deaths from earthquakes. This document specifically explores the lethality potential to occupants of collapsed structures. Whilst...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319268376
• ISBN13: 9783319268378
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"