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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Main Authors: F. Dall'Osso, M. Gonella, G. Gabbianelli, G. Withycombe, D. Dominey-Howes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-09-01
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