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Retrospective assessment of risk from natural hazards

Author

Velasquez, Cesar A.

Cardona Arboleda, Omar Dario

Carreño Tibaduiza, Martha Liliana

Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro

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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l'Enginyeria

Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (MC)2 - Grup de Mecànica Computacional en Medis Continus

Publication date

2014-12-01

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Abstract

Disaster databases allow analyzing losses produced by previous events and assessing the risk from natural hazard in a similar way the insurance industry does for vehicles, health, etc., if the conditions and trends are maintained. Among the existing disaster databases, we selected DesInventar, whose vast majority of records corresponds to

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Article

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Riscos geològics; Natural disasters--Risk assessment; Disaster risk; Loss exceedance curve; Retrospective assessment of risk; Catàstrofes naturals

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