A revised (PTVA) model for assessing the vulnerability of buildings to tsunami damage
The Papathoma Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment (PTVA) Model (Papathoma, 2003) was developed in the absence of robust, well-constructed and validated building fragility models for assessing the vulnerability of buildings to tsunami. It has proven to be a useful tool for providing assessments of build...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-09-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1557/2009/nhess-9-1557-2009.pdf |