Hazard and Risk Assessment on Earthquakes in India
IR@C-MMACS: CSIR-Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore
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Hazard and Risk Assessment on Earthquakes in India
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Parvez, Imtiyaz A
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Computational Seismology
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An earthquake is a phenomenon that occurs without warning and is one of the most feared natural hazards with no warning that can result in great destruction and loss of lives, particularly in developing countries. It results from the release of accumulated stress of moving lithospheric or crustal plates. One way to mitigate the destructive impact of such earthquakes is to conduct a seismic hazard and risk assessment and take remedial measures. This report aims at demonstrating significant contributions in the field of seismic zonation, earthquake hazard and risk assessment in the Indian subcontinent. Contributions in the field of earthquake hazard have been very valuable and beneficial not only for science but also for society. The historical seismicity and seismic zonations studies as well as the present scenario of seismic hazard and risk assessment in the Indian Subcontinent through probabilistic or deterministic approaches is discussed. To mitigate seismic risk, it is necessary to quantify the hazard in terms of both peak ground acceleration and response spectra and also to what kind of population and structure it is exposed. These factors are also dependent on local soil conditions and on the source characteristics of expected earthquakes.
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International Seminar on Sharing Experience on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asian Countries
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2010-10-13
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Book
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Parvez, Imtiyaz A (2010) Hazard and Risk Assessment on Earthquakes in India. International Seminar on Sharing Experience on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asian Countries. Beijing, 13-15 October, 2010. . International Seminar on Sharing Experience on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asian Countries, Beijing.
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http://cir.cmmacs.ernet.in/173/
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