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Strategic Directions in Seismic Modeling: HAZUS® Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning

In: Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support

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  • Thomas S. Durham

    (PBS&J, Inc.)

  • Pushpendra Johari

    (PBS&J, Inc.)

  • Douglas Bausch

    (FEMA Region VII)

Abstract

In the early 1990s, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) embarked on an initiative to develop a consistent, standardized approach to estimating losses from earthquakes. In 1997, FEMA released the first HAZUS® (Hazards U.S.) model for earthquakes to “provide state, local, and regional officials with the tools necessary to plan and stimulate the efforts to reduce risk from earthquakes and to prepare for emergency response and recovery from an earthquake” (FEMA and NIBS 2003).

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  • Thomas S. Durham & Pushpendra Johari & Douglas Bausch, 2008. "Strategic Directions in Seismic Modeling: HAZUS® Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning," Risk, Governance and Society, in: Ann Bostrom & Steven French & Sara Gottlieb (ed.), Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, chapter 4, pages 101-116, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:rischp:978-3-540-71158-2_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71158-2_4
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