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A new regionally consistent exposure database for Central Asia: population and residential buildings
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
Alberto Tamaro
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
Baurzhan Adilkhan
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Almaty, 050060/A15E3F9, Kazakhstan
Satbek Sarzhanov
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Almaty, 050060/A15E3F9, Kazakhstan
Vakhitkhan Ismailov
Institute of Seismology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 700128, Uzbekistan
Ruslan Umaraliev
Institute of Seismology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, 720060, Kyrgyzstan
Mustafo Safarov
Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Dushanbe, 734063, Tajikistan
Vladimir Belikov
independent consultant: Turkmenistan
Japar Karayev
independent consultant: Turkmenistan
Ettore Faga
RED – Risk, Engineering + Development, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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Central Asia is highly exposed to multiple hazards, including earthquakes, floods and landslides, for which risk reduction strategies are currently under development. We provide a regional-scale database of assets at risk, including population and residential buildings, based on existing information and recent data collected for each Central Asian country. The population and number of buildings are also estimated for the year 2080 to support the definition of disaster risk reduction strategies.
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