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Shaking Cities: One-day workshop
A Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre one day workshop in assocation with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group focusing on global urban seismic risks.SHAKING CITIES: CURRENT ISSUES IN URBAN SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK
Date: Thursday October 12th 2006
Venue: The City Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DS
PROGRAMME
Shaking in the heart of Europe - 650th Anniversary of the Basel
1356 Earthquake
(Dr. Milan Simic, Benfield)
Engineering issues in urban seismic risk
(Professor Adrian Chandler, BUHRC University College London)
China: seismic hazard and risk and Shanghai futures
(Dr. Paul Burton, BUHRC University of East Anglia)
Seismic hazard and risk assessment in South Africa
(Dr. Andrzej Kijko, Benfield Geohazards Centre, South Africa)
Urban earthquake risk in Istanbul
(Professor Eser Durakal, Bogazici University, Istanbul)
Forward modelling of earthquake and tsunami hazard
(Professor John McCloskey, University of Ulster)
A displacement-based method for earthquake loss modelling at
variable geographical scales
(Dr. Helen Crowley, University of Pavia, Italy)
Assessing the seismic vulnerability of urban areas
(Dr. Tiziana Rossetto, BUHRC, University College London)
[Download registration form] [Download programme]
Map of venue location:
http://www.cityclub.uk.com/generic/menu.asp?ID=1251
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