Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2173-2015
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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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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.
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