By Joe Maffei, Paolo Bazzurro, Joshua Marrow, and Agostino Goretti.
July 2004, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Italy has comprehensive systems in place for the collection of earthquake damage data and the prediction of building vulnerability. Published in 2006, this 180-page report capitalizes on the “living laboratory” of earthquake damage experience and research in Italy, where sophisticated methods of damage and vulnerability assessment have been developed over the last 30 years. The report explores the distinctive Italian practices from several angles: by reviewing Italian damage and vulnerability assessment procedures in general, by studying specific buildings, by examining the uniquely detailed Italian methods of classifying construction types, and by reporting findings based on Italian data collection.
Read the report: Recent Italian Earthquakes: Examination of Structural Vulnerability, Damage, and Post-Earthquake Practices
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