Design and evaluation of earthquake risk reduction measures in unplanned urban areas

Dimitriadi, Vasiliki (Vicky)

Abstract

Unplanned urbanization is an increasing trend worldwide and usually the built environment in such areas is exposed to various natural hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, landslides etc. Considering the severe earthquake-induced damages in unplanned urban areas, in the present paper, an earthquake risk reduction measure, which is applicable in shallow foundations on liquefiable soils is presented and applied for a typical structure. The predicted liquefaction-induced settlements of the foundation system, which affect the overall structural performance, are evaluated under a cost-benefit framework and useful conclusions about the applicability and associated cost of the method are drawn.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Geohazard Risk Reduction in Unplanned Urban Areas
• Start Date: Sep 10, 2018
• End Date: Sep 14, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 5, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 17, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2019
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1702393
• Contract Date: Jul 17, 2019