[en] A benchmark study on seimic risk has been realised on Liege, Belgium, at the request of the Regional Authority. Its main interest is that it deals with the seismic risk of a city in a low seismicity region. The work involves a hazard study based on the recently defined map of seismicity of Belgium, the definition of the individual vulnerability of buildings, the combination of hazard and vulnerability to define risk and static evaluations of connecting details in non engineered structures.
For the evaluation of vulnerability, a simplified screening method has been defined. The main conclusion is that in regions where the Peak Ground Acceleration is higher than 0,1g and the building stock does not possess good structural quality, the seismic risk may be considered high.
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering
Author, co-author :
Plumier, André ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur SE > Ingéniérie sismique
Jongmans, Denis
Language :
English
Title :
Are Cities of Northern Europe at Risk ?
Publication date :
November 2000
Event name :
Workshop Mitigation of Seismic Risk - Support to recently Affected European Countries
Event place :
Belgirate, Italy
Event date :
27-28 november 2000
Main work title :
Proceedings of the Workshop Mitigation of Seismic Risk - Support to recently Affected European Countries
