SYNER-G: Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Complex Urban, Utility, Lifeline Systems and Critical Facilities Methodology and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pitilakis, K. (Editor), Franchin, P. (Editor), Khazai, B. (Editor), Wenzel, H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 31
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Civil Engineering.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

SYNER-G, a multidisciplinary effort funded by the European Union, allowed the development of an innovative methodological framework for the assessment of physical as well as socio-economic seismic vulnerability and risk at urban and regional level. The results of SYNER-G are presented in two books b...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Computational Framework for Systemic Seismic Risk Analysis of Civil Infrastructural Systems
• Framework for Seismic Hazard Analysis of Spatially Distributed Systems
• Framework for Systemic Socio-Economic Vulnerability and Loss Assessment
• Specification of the Vulnerability of Physical Systems
• Introduction to the Applications of the SYNER-G Methodology and Tools
• Application to the City of Thessaloniki
• Application to the City of Vienna
• Application to L’Aquila Gas Network
• Application to Selected Transportation and Electric Networks in Italy
• Application to a Network of Hospitals at Regional Scale
• Application in the Harbor of Thessaloniki
• Conclusions and Recommendations.