An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk

Lin, K.-H. E.; Chang, Y.-C.; Liu, G.-Y.; Chan, C.-H.; Lin, T.-H.; Yeh, C.-H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2173-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2173-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2173-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Research article

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01 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 01 Oct 2015

An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk

K.-H. E. Lin, Y.-C. Chang, G.-Y. Liu, C.-H. Chan, T.-H. Lin, and C.-H. Yeh

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Oct 2015)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C540: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Apr 2015
- AC C1004: 'Reply to comments of Referee#1', Kuan-Hui Elaine Lin, 16 Jun 2015
RC C1149: 'Social and Physical Determinants', Arun Görün, 28 Jun 2015
- AC C1150: 'reply to comments of Referee#2', Kuan-Hui Elaine Lin, 29 Jun 2015

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This study views seismic risk as a function of seismic hazard, population-building exposure, and demographic-socioeconomic vulnerability. Three statistical models are built to test determinants affecting disaster fatality at village scale; Poisson Regression is used to test the models in the case of 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan. Research finding proves that seismic behavior and intensity, building fragility, vulnerable demographics and social inequality are imperative factors in the risk.