There is a lot of rhetoric suggesting that disaster risk reduction (DRR) pays, yet surprisingly
little in the way of hard facts. This review paper examines the evidence regarding the …

In this work, we argue that system accident literacy and safety competence should be an
essential part of the intellectual toolkit of all engineering students. We discuss why such …

Chapter 3 evaluates observed and projected changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial
extent, and duration of extreme weather and climate events. This physical basis provides a …

Fragility curves are useful tools for showing the probability of structural damage due to
earthquakes as a function of ground motion indices. The aim of this study is to develop the …

Worldwide, earthquakes and related disasters have persistently had severe negative
impacts on human livelihoods and have caused widespread socioeconomic and …

Sustainability and resilience are issues that are recognized worldwide, and increased
attention should be placed on strategies to design and maintain infrastructure systems that …

The emerging field of performance-based earthquake engineering enables the evaluation of
seismic performance of building structures. In this study, performance-based earthquake …

Cost-benefit assessment is used to evaluate the effectiveness of various seismic retrofit
strategies to address concerns about earthquake safety and damage to older concrete frame …

Limited studies have shown that disaster risk management (DRM) can be cost‐efficient in a
development context. Cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is an evaluation tool to analyse economic …

The central focus of this dissertation is a seismic vulnerability assessment of retrofitted
bridges. The objective of this work is to establish a methodology for the development of …