Seismic Risk Assessment of Urban and Rural Settlements around Lake Malawi
The seismic risk potential for Malawi is high because traditional adobe and earthen structures are seismically vulnerable and large earthquakes of Mw7.0 or greater can be originated from the Malawi Rift. To assess seismic risk of the Malawian communities quantitatively, data and models for exposure,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Built Environment |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fbuil.2016.00030/full |