An urban earthquake disaster risk index.

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TextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1997Description: xiv, 269 p. : illDDC classification:

363.3495 21

Subject: The Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (EDRI) is a composite index that allows direct comparison of the relative overall earthquake disaster risk of cities worldwide, and describes the relative contributions of various factors to that overall risk. The development of the EDRI brings together a body of knowledge about earthquake disasters from a wide range of disciplines to provide three principal benefits. First, the direct comparison of overall earthquake disaster risk provides a useful tool for inter-city allocation of mitigation resources and effort. Second, the disaggregated EDRI will increase awareness of the wide range of factors on which a city's earthquake disaster risk depends, from the expected magnitude of ground shaking, to the number of structures, to a city's current economic situation. Third, by re-evaluating the index periodically, the EDRI may be used to monitor trends in earthquake disaster risk over time

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The Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (EDRI) is a composite index that allows direct comparison of the relative overall earthquake disaster risk of cities worldwide, and describes the relative contributions of various factors to that overall risk. The development of the EDRI brings together a body of knowledge about earthquake disasters from a wide range of disciplines to provide three principal benefits. First, the direct comparison of overall earthquake disaster risk provides a useful tool for inter-city allocation of mitigation resources and effort. Second, the disaggregated EDRI will increase awareness of the wide range of factors on which a city's earthquake disaster risk depends, from the expected magnitude of ground shaking, to the number of structures, to a city's current economic situation. Third, by re-evaluating the index periodically, the EDRI may be used to monitor trends in earthquake disaster risk over time

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