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Achieving earthquake-safe buildings – an educational initiative for developing nations
Charleson, Andrew (2023-04-19)Building departments in developing nations have a poor track record of achieving earthquake-safe new buildings. Many buildings, within their jurisdictions are not expected to perform well in medium- to high-intensity ... -
International alignment and update of the New Zealand earthquake intensity scale
Charleson, Andrew; Goded, Tatiana; Lin, Sheng-Lin; Beattie, Graeme; Ingham, Jason; Sullivan, Timothy; Hortacsu, Ayse; Wald, David (2023-04-19)The New Zealand Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) scale was last revised in 2008. Even so, the scale's lack of specificity on New Zealand's structures for MMI>8 intensity levels has made it difficult to assign values for ...