Issues with the earthquake vulnerability of Istanbul

Issues with the earthquake vulnerability of Istanbul

Istanbul today is probably unique in the world not only in terms of the recognition of its earthquake risk by its inhabitants and administrators, but also in terms of significant steps taken in a such a short time toward the mitigation of its earthquake vulnerabilities. This paper, however, deals wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2013-08, Vol.68 (1), p.227-228
1. Verfasser: Cakti, Eser
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cities
Civil Engineering
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Emergency preparedness
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hazards
Hydrogeology
Inhabitants
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Public safety
Recognition
Remote sensing
Risk
Risk assessment
Seismic activity
Seismic phenomena
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Zusammenfassung:Istanbul today is probably unique in the world not only in terms of the recognition of its earthquake risk by its inhabitants and administrators, but also in terms of significant steps taken in a such a short time toward the mitigation of its earthquake vulnerabilities. This paper, however, deals with the issues that still remain unattended.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-013-0636-8