The construction industry compromises the sustainability of the built environment because of
its adverse impacts on the environment, economy, and society. In response, green building …

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-
date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they …

Fuzzy decision-making and analytic hierarchical processes are ubiquitously used to predict
the seismic damage and vulnerability of building clusters. However, the factors affecting the …

In order to prevent possible loss of life and property, existing building stocks need to be
assessed before an impending earthquake. Beyond the examination of large building …

Effective risk management has become more crucial than ever, given the strategic economic
growth of the industrial sector. Diverse threats from various sources are simultaneously …

This paper presents a prioritisation procedure to rank reinforced concrete (rc) buildings that
are part of a stock according to their seismic vulnerability, and to plan further verifications …

This study presents an approach using a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process to assist experts
during inspection campaigns of old masonry buildings. The approach is developed through …

Historical masonry buildings represent a research topic of interest, as many European cities
have a large number of heritage buildings which must be preserved. Timisoara city, located …

This study addresses the urgent need for retrofitting masonry schools in Iran, where over
89% of schools are constructed using masonry (107000 Schools consisted of 563000 …

The main purpose of this paper is to present a rapid building assessment fuzzy logic (FL)
modelling for risk assessment based on expert construction engineering verbal informatics …