Lessons learnt from past earthquakes point out the need to execute effective actions to mitigate seismic risk of public buildings. In Italy, after the 2002 Molise earthquake, pressing rules to assess strategic and important buildings in order to define priorities for seismic intervention were issued. As a result, thousands of buildings were evaluated and, specifically in Basilicata region, data on 69 hospital buildings is currently available. Firstly, priorities have been defined on the basis of seismic capacity, local hazard and number of people possibly present (exposure). Further, a simple relationship between needed risk reduction and required intervention costs has been set-up considering various strengthening strategies. Based on such relationships, some seismic risk curves describing the reduction overtime of the global risk for the entire building set have been determined. In the paper some suggestions to define solutions and priorities for seismic intervention in hospital buildings are reported.

Vulnerability assessment and seismic risk reduction strategies of hospitals in Basilicata region (Italy)

MASI, Angelo;SANTARSIERO, GIUSEPPE;CHIAUZZI, LEONARDO
2012-01-01

Abstract

Lessons learnt from past earthquakes point out the need to execute effective actions to mitigate seismic risk of public buildings. In Italy, after the 2002 Molise earthquake, pressing rules to assess strategic and important buildings in order to define priorities for seismic intervention were issued. As a result, thousands of buildings were evaluated and, specifically in Basilicata region, data on 69 hospital buildings is currently available. Firstly, priorities have been defined on the basis of seismic capacity, local hazard and number of people possibly present (exposure). Further, a simple relationship between needed risk reduction and required intervention costs has been set-up considering various strengthening strategies. Based on such relationships, some seismic risk curves describing the reduction overtime of the global risk for the entire building set have been determined. In the paper some suggestions to define solutions and priorities for seismic intervention in hospital buildings are reported.
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