The paper presents a detailed report on a large sample of masonry churches damaged by
the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence. The first part of the work analyses the …

In the framework of seismic risk analyses at large scale, among the available methods for
the vulnerability assessment the empirical and expert elicitation based ones still represent …

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 …

Seismic risk evaluation of built-up areas involves analysis of the level of earthquake hazard
of the region, building vulnerability and exposure. Within this approach that defines seismic …

Seismic risk assessment at the territorial level is now widely recognised as essential for
countries with intense seismic activity, such as Italy. Academia is called to give its …

The study analyses the data related to a database of 7597 private Reinforced Concrete
buildings located in the city and the province of L'Aquila surveyed after the 2009 earthquake …

Summary In Italy, the Mercalli–Cancani–Sieberg (MCS) is the intensity scale in use to
describe the level of earthquake ground shaking, and its subsequent effects on communities …

The problem of amplification of seismic waves by surface topographic irregularities is
addressed through analytical and numerical investigations. First, a closed‐form expression …

The research aims to illustrate a vulnerability approach extended for the aggregate masonry
buildings belonging to an urban area of the city of Latronico (Basilicata Region). The area …

The presented study aims to describe the seismic vulnerability of a sample made by 90
masonry one-nave churches, subjected to the Valle Scrivia Earthquake, 2003, Piemonte …