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29% of buildings vulnerable to quakes [1]

A survey to assess seismic vulnerability of the built environment in Chennai has classified 29 per cent of the buildings in the city as highly vulnerable in an earthquake event.

The survey undertaken by the Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management (CDMM) at Anna University aerially mapped 22,758 medium-to-tall buildings in the city deploying the Rapid Visual Screening technique.

The sur

Publication Date: 
13/01/2011
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Earthquakes [3], Buildings [4], Chennai (D) [5], Urban Habitat [6], Geographical Information Systems (GIS) [7]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/29-buildings-vulnerable-quakes

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/29-buildings-vulnerable-quakes
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/buildings
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-habitat
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis