• Probabilistic assessment of the seismic risk of buildings in urban areas 

      Aguilar, Armando; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro; Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Lantada, Nieves (2010)
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      A probabilistic methodology (LM1_P) based on the LM1 method of the Risk-UE project, is applied to estimate the seismic risk of Barcelona. This simplified methodology allows considering numerous uncertainties that are ...
    • Seismic hazard and risk scenarios for Barcelona, Spain, using the Risk-UE vulnerability index method 

      Lantada, Nieves; Irizarry, J.; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro; Goula, X.; Roca, A.; Susagna, T.; Pujades Beneit, Lluís (2010-04)
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      The Vulnerability Index Method, in its version developed in the framework of the European project Risk-UE, has been adapted and applied in this article, to evaluate the seismic risk for the city of Barcelona (Spain) through ...
    • Towards integrated urban simulations 

      Meta, Irene; Cucchietti, Fernando (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 2020-05)
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      More than half of the world population lives in urban areas. Urbanites are estimated to grow up to 68% of the population by 2050 [1]. This rapid growth requires new contributions from researchers and policy-makers to ...
    • Tunnelling in urban areas: the use of lateral walls to protect ancient buildings 

      Van der Boom, Jos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07)
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      Famous buildings of historical significance tend to occur in large, old cities such as London, Athens, Rome, Paris and Moscow, which also happen to be cities with some of the oldest and largest metro systems in the world. ...
    • Vulnerability and Seismic risk scenarios based on GIS techniques: application to Barcelona city (Spain) 

      Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Lantada, Nieves; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro (2009-03-03)
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      The exponential increase in the world’s population, together with the growth of big cities, which is characterized by the inadequate occupancy of the soil, contributes augment the damage due to seismic catastrophes. The ...