Assessing Building Habitability after an Earthquake Using Building Typology and Damage Grade. Application in Lorca, Spain

The present study proposes a statistical methodology to rate the habitability of different types of buildings after an earthquake. The first step was to rank variables that affect the vulnerability of a building and formulate a statistical study with a discrimination index that makes it possible to...

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Published inJournal of earthquake engineering : JEE Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 3417 - 3439
Main Authors Martínez-Cuevas, Sandra, Morillo Balsera, M. Carmen, Benito, Belén, Torres, Yolanda, Gaspar-Escribano, Jorge, Staller, Alejandra, García-Aranda, Cesar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 19.05.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Building damage
building habitability
building typology
Buildings
damage grade
Earthquake damage
Earthquakes
Habitability
inferential statistics
risk assessment
Seismic activity
Seismic vulnerability assessment
Statistical methods
Statistics
Structural damage
Typology
Vulnerability
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Summary:The present study proposes a statistical methodology to rate the habitability of different types of buildings after an earthquake. The first step was to rank variables that affect the vulnerability of a building and formulate a statistical study with a discrimination index that makes it possible to identify buildings as habitable or non-habitable. This ranking applied the criteria established in various international guidelines that are used to distinguish between habitable (undamaged/no structural damage) and non-habitable buildings (structural damage). The proposed methodology was applied to a database with information about buildings and damage grade experienced following the 2011 earthquake in Lorca. The approach presented could be extended to other regions where neccessary data are available.
ISSN:1363-2469
1559-808X
DOI:10.1080/13632469.2020.1802370