Building Vulnerability: An Interdisciplinary Concept

Abstract:

Vulnerability of historical city cores is an important issue for numerous countries in seismic areas such as Greece and Italy. In the literature there are a wide range of approaches to defining, modeling and measuring vulnerability. These different views originate from different concepts of the causes of a disaster. Research into vulnerability is often grounded in one of these views. In this paper we present the key factors for vulnerability modeling of historical buildings caused by dynamic loading.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 628)
• Pages: 193-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.628.193
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Panayiotis Vlamos*, Vassilios Chrissikopoulos, Maria Psiha
• Keywords: Building Vulnerability, Dynamic Load, Key Factors for Vulnerability Modeling, Risk Assessment

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