Mitigation of urban vulnerability through a spatial multicriteria approach

Author(s): Tilio, Lucia; Murgante, Beniamino; Di Trani, Francesco; Vona, Marco; Masi, Angelo
Number of pages: pp. 138-143

This study aims to address seismic risk management and how it is generally carried out through strategies aiming to reduce seismic vulnerability in buildings, to enhance structural features, and to reduce vulnerabilities in the whole urban system. It also addresses how resilience becomes strategic in preparing for post-emergency phases and how resilience is strategic to managing seismic risk and reducing urban vulnerability. It presents results from tests conducted in southern Italy which considered closeness to urban centers, map of seismic hazard, and seismic vulnerability of buildings.