Modelling the elements of country vulnerability to earthquake disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohammad Reza Asef (0000-0001-6580-0234, Tarbiat Modares University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 480-498 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01051.x |
| OpenAlex | W2165511378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Earthquakes have probably been the most deadly form of natural disaster in the past century. Diversity of earthquake specifications in terms of magnitude, intensity and frequency at the semi-continental scale has initiated various kinds of disasters at a regional scale. Additionally, diverse characteristics of countries in terms of population size, disaster preparedness, economic strength and building construction development often causes an earthquake of a certain characteristic to have different impacts on the affected region. This research focuses on the appropriate criteria for identifying the severity of major earthquake disasters based on some key observed symptoms. Accordingly, the article presents a methodology for identification and relative quantification of severity of earthquake disasters. This has led to an earthquake disaster vulnerability model at the country scale. Data analysis based on this model suggested a quantitative, comparative and meaning full interpretation of the vulnerability of concerned countries, and successfully explained which countries are more vulnerable to major disasters
Business · Cartography · Civil engineering · Computer security · Earthquake casualty estimation · Earthquake scenario · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Forensic engineering · Geography · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Poison control · Political science · Population · Preparedness · Psychological resilience · Risk analysis (engineering · Scale (ratio · Seismic hazard · Urban seismic risk · Vulnerability (computing · Vulnerability assessment · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Marine and environmental studies · Medicine · Psychology · Remote-Sensing Image Classification
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |