TITLE:
Modeling the Specific Seismic Risk Considering the Weight of Determining Variables
AUTHORS:
Liber Galbán Rodriguez, Elio Quiala Ortiz
KEYWORDS:
Earthquakes, Methodology, Model, Risk, Variables
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.4,
April
24,
2015
ABSTRACT: The seismic risk determination for any country is a vital tool in the process of physical planning, construction and reduction of disasters caused by earthquakes. In recent years, there have been several studies on the subject, however, different methodologies could be improved from the design of a set of basic criteria, which using the advantages of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), could help to establish greater clarity in the seismic risk determining. To meet this goal, in this study, the authors propose a new allocation methodology based on levels of importance of variables that influence the specific seismic risk assessment and propose a new formula for mathematical determination through modeling with GIS.