Earthquake Risk in Multifamily Residential Buildings : Europe and Central Asia Region
Multifamily residential buildings in earthquake-prone cities across Central Europe, Balkans, and Central Asia have proved to be vulnerable and have revealed several structural deficiencies during previous earthquake events. Earthquakes in these reg...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/401931598952181261/Earthquake-Risk-in-Multifamily-Residential-Buildings-Europe-and-Central-Asia-Region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34439 |
| Summary: | Multifamily residential buildings in
earthquake-prone cities across Central Europe, Balkans, and
Central Asia have proved to be vulnerable and have revealed
several structural deficiencies during previous earthquake
events. Earthquakes in these regions have damaged certain
types of multifamily buildings beyond repair or have caused
complete collapse, resulting in extensive homelessness and
many fatalities. The vulnerability of some of these
buildings can be attributed to the mass-produced nature of
multifamily residential buildings as well as lack of
maintenance, oversight, and disinvestment over many decades.
This study investigates earthquake risk of multifamily
buildings constructed before 2000 across cities in countries
within Europe and Central Asia (ECA) to better understand
their behavior and potential losses when subjected to
earthquakes, and to inform recommendations for mitigation. |
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