Seismic risk mitigation of Lorca historic centre masonry residential buildings, in Spain

2013 ◽  
pp. 689-694
Author(s):  
A Guardiola-Víllora ◽  
L Basset-Salom
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation ◽  
Historic Centre

scholarly journals Economic Convenience Judgments among Seismic Risk Mitigation Measures and Regulatory and Fiscal Provisions: The Italian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3269
Author(s):  
Serena Artese ◽  
Manuela De Ruggiero ◽  
Francesca Salvo ◽  
Raffaele Zinno
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation ◽  
Tax Benefits ◽  
The Government

The age of the Italian building heritage has prompted the Government to implement regulatory measures aimed at mitigating the seismic risk, encouraging anti-seismic interventions on residential buildings through specific tax benefits. This work intends to analyze the economic convenience associated with these building transformations from an appraisal perspective, proposing an analysis methodology aimed at evaluating the increase in market value of the transformed properties, and at identifying the most convenient among the various feasible interventions. The application to a case study allows highlighting the net economic benefits in the owners’ portfolios able to compensate the logistical inconveniences associated with this type of intervention, soliciting a greater awareness of seismic risk, and favoring private initiative at a widespread level.

Contribution of a new seismic amplification factor map approach for shakemaps improvement: the Croatia Mw=6.4 earthquake scenario. 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Mori ◽  
Amerigo Mendicelli ◽  
Gaetano Falcone ◽  
Edoardo Peronace ◽  
Massimiliano Moscatelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Earth Planet ◽  
Earthquake Scenario ◽  
Seismic Amplification ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation ◽  
Earthquake Model ◽  
Seismically Induced Landslides

<p>Estimation of site effects over large areas is a key-issue in a seismic risk mitigation perspective.</p><p>We prove here that the IGAG20 approach (Falcone et al., 2021), developed for the estimation of the stratigraphic Amplification Factors (AF) at a national scale for Italy, can be used in international context, as it is based on AF-V<sub>s30</sub> laws developed according to 40 geo-morphological clusters available globally after Iwahashi et al. (2018) and V<sub>s30 </sub>proxy laws after Mori et al. (2020).</p><p>The availability of AF maps is fundamental for the improvement of the estimates of surface shaking for the "shakemaps" produced after the seismic events, and for the consequent improvement of the preliminary estimates of coseismic effects (i.e. landslides and liquefaction) and damage of residential buildings.</p><p>The IGAG20 approach was implemented for evaluating the shaking maps for the recent Mw=6.4 Croatian seismic event, with a focus on the three most affected localities: Petrinjia, Sisak, and Glina. From the OpenQuake engine, Silva et al. (2014), a stochastic scenario analysis was performed and PGV and PGA shaking maps amplified with AF maps were produced. With the PGV map, landslide and liquefaction probability maps are produced respectively with the Nowicki et al. (2018) and Zhu et al. (2017) models. With the PGA map, a preliminary residential buildings damage estimation is produced and compared with the EMS98 damage distribution available from the grading maps produced by COPERNICUS (https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSR491 ). Finally, all the shaking maps are compared with USGS products (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000d3zh/executive).</p><p><strong>References </strong></p><p>Falcone, G., Mendicelli, A., Moscatelli, M., Romagnoli, G., Peronace, E., Naso, G., Acunzo G., Porchia, A., Tarquini, E., 2021. Seismic amplification maps of Italy based on site-specific microzonation dataset and one-dimensional numerical approach Eng. Geol. - Under review</p><p>Iwahashi, J., Kamiya, I., Matsuoka, M., Yamazaki, D., 2018. Global terrain classification using 280 m DEMs: segmentation, clustering, and reclassification. Prog. Earth Planet. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0157-2</p><p>Mori, F., Mendicelli, A., Moscatelli, M., Romagnoli, G., Peronace, E., Naso, G., 2020. A new Vs30 map for Italy based on the seismic microzonation dataset. Eng. Geol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105745</p><p>Nowicki Jessee, M.A., Hamburger, M.W., Allstadt, K., Wald, D.J., Robeson, S.M., Tanyas, H., Hearne, M., Thompson, E.M., 2018. A Global Empirical Model for Near-Real-Time Assessment of Seismically Induced Landslides. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JF004494</p><p>Silva, V., Crowley, H., Pagani, M., Monelli, D., Pinho, R., 2014. Development of the OpenQuake engine, the Global Earthquake Model’s open-source software for seismic risk assessment. Nat. Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0618-x</p><p>Zhu, J., Baise, L.G., Thompson, E.M., 2017. An updated geospatial liquefaction model for global application. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120160198</p>

Proactive Actions Based on a Resilient Approach to Urban Seismic Risk Mitigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-335
Author(s):  
Marco Vona
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation

Background: Seismic risk mitigation is an important issue in earthquake-prone countries, and needs to be solved in those complex communities governed by complex processes, where urban planning, socioeconomic dynamics, and, often, the need to preserve cultural assets are present simultaneously. In recent years, due to limited financial resources, mitigation activities have often been limited to post-earthquake events, and only a few in periods of inactivity, particularly in urban planning. At this point, a significant change in point of view is necessary. Methods: The seismic risk mitigation (and more generally, natural risk mitigation) must be considered as the main topic in urban planning and in the governance of communities. In fact, in several recent earthquakes, significant socioeconomic losses have been caused by the low or lack of resilience of the communities. This is mainly due to the high vulnerability of private buildings, in particular, housing units. Results: Therefore, in recent years, several studies have been conducted on the seismic resilience of communities. However, significant improvements are still needed for the resilience assessment of the housing stock, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this study, which is applied to the housing system, a proposal regarding a change in urban planning and emergency management tools based on the concept of resilience is reported. As a first application, a case study in Italy is considered. Conclusion: The proposal is focused on defining and quantifying the improvement of the resilience of the communities and this must be obtained by modifying the current Civil Protection plan. New tools are based on a new resilience community plan by encompassing urban planning tools, resilient mitigation strategies, and consequently, emergency management planning.

Seismic Risk Mitigation of Historical Masonry Towers by Means of Prestressing Devices

2010 ◽  
Vol 133-134 ◽  
pp. 843-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo Preciado Quiroz ◽  
Silvio T. Sperbeck ◽  
Harald Budelmann ◽  
Gianni Bartoli ◽  
Elham Bazrafshan
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Failure Mechanisms ◽  
Masonry Towers ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation ◽  
Historical Masonry ◽  
Observed Damage ◽  
And Behavior

This work presents the investigation of the efficiency of different prestressing devices as a rehabilitation measure for the seismic risk mitigation of historical masonry towers. As a first phase, the seismic vulnerability of theoretical masonry towers was assessed by means of numerical models validated with information from the literature, observed damage and behavior of these structures due to passed earthquakes (crack pattern and failure mechanisms), and mainly taking into account the engineering experience. Afterwards, the validated models were rehabilitated with different prestressing devices; analyzing the results and concluding which device or the combination of them improved in a better way the seismic performance of the masonry towers. Finally, the methodology will be applied in two historical masonry towers located in seismic areas; the medieval tower “Torre Grossa” of San Gimignano, Italy, and one of the bell towers of the Cathedral of Colima, Mexico.

Evaluating the cost and benefits of earthquake protection of buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetto Manganelli ◽  
Marco Vona ◽  
Pierfrancesco De Paola
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Seismic Retrofitting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Seismic Risk Mitigation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Earthquake Protection ◽  
Real Estate Assets

Purpose The purpose of this study is the evaluation of the cost and benefits of earthquake protection of buildings to verify whether the legislative push, through tax incentives, will produce results and lead to a redevelopment of private real estate assets. Design/methodology/approach Through contingent valuation, this research aims to measure the propensity of homeowners to invest in the seismic security of their properties. The sample of homeowners was selected in a southern Italy city, which was characterized by a medium-high seismic hazard. The willingness to pay, once made independent from the family income, was compared with the actual cost of a seismic retrofitting technique to assess its cost-effectiveness. Findings The analysis developed on an example case shows that the economic sustainability of the intervention is only verified when considering the current tax incentives for this type of intervention. Practical implications Choosing to introduce a system to compulsory insurance against seismic risk could certainly be a strong incentive for the implementation of retrofitting interventions on private real estate assets. In this direction, investigations like this can be fundamental to establish the fair risk premium. Originality/value The need for effective seismic risk mitigation policies is also based on the growing awareness of the, often fatal, effects of seismic events, emphasized by the recent medium and high intensity events that hit Italy. The issue of the security of residential buildings is therefore a very topical issue in view of their high seismic vulnerability and the vast number of buildings requiring major seismic retrofitting. Therefore, the propensity of owners to intervene in improving the seismic performance of their properties can be crucial in seismic risk mitigation.

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