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CAPRA - Comprehensive Approach to Probabilistic Risk Assessment: international initiative for risk management effectiveness

Cardona, Omar Darío; Ordaz, Mario G.; Reinoso, Eduardo; Yamín Lacouture, Luis Eduardo; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro;
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  • Published: 01 Jan 2012
  • Country: Spain
Abstract
Understanding disaster risk due to hazard events, such as earthquakes, creates powerful incentives for countries to develop planning options and tools to reduce potential damages. This has been the reason why CAPRA, the risk evaluation model described in this paper, was developed with the technical and financial support of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Strategy of United Nations for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). CAPRA is a techno-scientific methodology and information platform, composed of tools for the evaluation and communication of risk at various territorial levels. This model allows the evaluation of probabilis...
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free text keywords: :Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Sismologia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Earthquake hazard analysis, Seismic risk, building damage, insurance, risk reduction, loss scenarios, Risc sísmic
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