In this paper, empirical fragility curves for reinforced concrete buildings are derived, based
on post-earthquake damage data collected in the aftermath of earthquakes occurred in Italy …

The paper presents an analytical-mechanical based procedure to estimate the seismic
overall fragility of existing reinforced concrete building portfolios in town compartments, as …

Abstract The Department of Civil Protection (DPC), in compliance with the EU decision
1313/2013 and at the request of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 …

Turkey, which is one of the countries with high seismic risk, has made significant changes in
both seismic risk maps and seismic design codes over time by adapting to these …

The concept of macroseismic intensity arose with the purpose of measuring the strength of
an earthquake by the effects it causes on buildings, people, and domestic furnishings. From …

The aim of this study is to describe the evolution of vulnerability over the years for masonry
buildings characterized by a good quality layout and/or a regular texture. To this aim, data …

Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems are used to provide timely alerts on ongoing
earthquakes, which can facilitate important risk-mitigation actions before potentially …

More than the 60% of the Italian residential building stock had already been built by 1974,
when seismic codes were enforced on a minimal part of the country. Unreinforced masonry …

The seismic protection of small and medium historical towns is an important and current
issue in Italy and in many other earthquake prone regions of Europe, where seismic actions …

In this paper, the vulnerability of ordinary unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is
analyzed, and the literature related to possible seismic retrofit interventions is reviewed in …