Rapid assessment of earthquake risk for Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Published in: Bulletin of earthquake engineering Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 1835 - 1863
• Main Authors: Ademović, Naida, Kalman Šipoš, Tanja, Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-03-2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Building construction; Buildings; Civil Engineering; Construction; Construction materials; Developing countries; Disasters; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earthquakes; Emergency preparedness; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Environmental risk; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hydrogeology; Industrialized nations; International organizations; LDCs; Methods; Original Research; Population; Prediction models; Risk assessment; Seismic activity; Seismic engineering; Seismic hazard; Structural Geology; Tectonics; Vulnerability; Bosnia-Hercegovina; Population; Seismic risk; Prediction models; Buildings; Hazard
• ISSN: 1570-761X; 1573-1456
• DOI: 10.1007/s10518-019-00775-1

Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in South-Eastern Europe which is characterized by one of the most complex tectonic scenarios in Europe. Until now no seismic risk assessment has been conducted for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this study evaluation and improvement of the RAPID methodology was conducted, considering building construction age, construction material and number of storeys. This new methodology is named iRAPID, where
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stands for improvement. Results from this analysis showed that vulnerable areas are the ones with a higher population, which need not have the highest PGA value, but certainly PGA values above 0.20 g. Prediction models for threatened buildings and the population for Bosnia and Herzegovina are proposed. Taking into account the multidimensional risk protocol the cities with the highest vulnerability are Zenica, Tuzla, City of Mostar, Trebinje, and Travnik.