Earthquake risk assessment in urban fabrics based on physical, socioeconomic and response capacity parameters (a case study: Tehran city)

Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area

“…The northern, eastern, and western districts have 1.5-3 hospitals per 100,000 population, and have more than 95% and 81% average probability for moderate to extensive damage, respectively. These results are in a good agreement with overall vulnerability studies for entire city of Tehran [44][45][46].…”

“…The high seismic vulnerability of southern Tehran was also analyzed by Kamranzad et al In their study, they calculated earthquake risk assessment for Tehran considering site specifications and population density [7], for which the buildings need to be fortified effectively [43]. Similar studies suggest that the same district in southern Tehran has high vulnerability of building loss and physical damages [44][45][46]. The nonstructural damage, medical equipment loss, functionality rate of hospitals, and infrastructure damage can complete the results of this study in future work.…”

GIS spatial modelling for seismic risk assessment based on exposure, resilience, and capacity indicators to seismic hazard: a case study of Pahang, Malaysia

“…Typically, previous research efforts have addressed the issue of constructing seismic risk and vulnerability assessment methodologies or models in detail. The existing models in use are various, such as: 1) Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (EDRI) method: established to assess earthquake risk, which includes seismic hazard and vulnerability (Davidson 1997); 2) HAZUS: to estimate losses attributed to earthquake, such as physical, economic, and social elements (FEMA 2018); 3) Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters (RADIUS): enables users to perform an aggregated loss estimation in terms of building and population vulnerabilities (Okazaki 2000); 4) Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability Assessment in Europe (MOVE) framework: conceptualizing the multi-dimensional nature of vulnerability and risk as a combination of exposure, susceptibility, and resilience components (Birkmann et al 2013); 5) Integrated Earthquake Safety Index (IESI) and Relative Seismic Risk Index (RSRi): holistic methods of seismic risk assessment for urban fabrics that integrate earthquake hazard, vulnerability, and response capacity of the Tehran region (Hajibabaee et al 2014;Mili et al 2017); and others.…”

“…In particular, resilience indicators are correlated with the integration of economic resilience, significant communication facilities, and community resources (Buckle et al 2000;Bergstrand et al 2015). Therefore, the capacity literature in vulnerabilities is defined as the amalgamation of strengths, abilities, and resources available in a community to manage and handle the consequences of disasters, as well as to increase resilience (Hajibabaee et al 2014). In line with this, strengthening the tangible element at risk, including built structure, to withstand such consequences is considered a pivotal factor.…”

Effectiveness of Community Participation in Earthquake Preparedness: A Community-Based Participatory Intervention Study of Tehran

“…In this regard, the zone is vulnerable to earthquakes. The estimated value of the total relative seismic risk index in zone 17 is the highest of all zones in Tehran affected by the fault north and south of Tehran and the Ray Kahrizak fault 26 . The location of zone 17 among the 22 zones of Tehran City is shown in Figure 1.…”