HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 28 (ACN) Assisted by provincial divisions of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment and several universities, Cuban experts from the National Center for Seismological Research and foreign specialists from the Norwegian Seismic Array, Swedish Consultants, and the University of Bergen in Norway, developed a methodology to assess seismic hazard, vulnerability and risks based on a specific case study of southeastern Cuba.
The novel technology makes it possible to identify the levels of fragility and hazards in the general infrastructure and population of the cities in that part of the country, according to the Cuban Academy of Sciences in its 2022 report of the awards to scientific research results.
The authors, who describe the methodology as highly valuable with a view to reducing disaster-related insecurity in the said region and elsewhere in Cuba, hold that it’s the first of its kind worldwide to integrate the study of structural (or non-structural), social, functional and economic vulnerabilities into with damage estimation criteria, in addition to the fact that it can even provide methodological guidelines to calculate losses in urban areas and various earthquake scenarios, among other advantages.
gical guidelines to calculate losses in urban areas and various earthquake scenarios, among other advantages.
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