Earthquake Risk Assessment of Dhaka, Chittagong & Sylhet city corporation area - 2009
This report presents a seismic risk assessment of the buildings, essential facilities and lifelines based on a GIS database that was developed from existing secondary data and field survey in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet City Coproration areas. The assessment provides forecasts of damage and human and economic impacts in those study areas that may result from an earthquake. The analyses are run on HAZUS software package. HAZUS risk assessment methodology include interdependent modules of (1) potential earth science hazard assessment, (2) inventory of buildings, essential facilities and lifelines, (3) direct physical damage calculation, (4) induced physical damage calculation, and (5) direct economic/social losses.
Title | Earthquake Risk Assessment of Dhaka, Chittagong & Sylhet city corporation area - 2009 |
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Document Category | Earthquake |
Document Type | Report |
Circulation Type | Public |
Publishing Date | Jun 1, 2009 |
Language | English |
Publisher information | Comprehensive Disaster Management Programe (CDMP) |
ISBN | N/A |
Refrence Number | 894816-11-12-2021 |