Title
A Simulation Model for Forecasting Urban Vulnerability to Earthquake Disasters in Lima, Peru: “LIMA-UVEQ”
Date Issued
01 December 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Fuji Technology Press
Abstract
Looking ahead ten or twenty years, the urban population will inevitably increase in the Lima Metropolitan Area (LMA) of Peru. Various urban development projects will naturally be implemented in order to accommodate the additional population, and this could increase vulnerability to disasters from earthquakes if no corrective actions are taken. A computer simulation model termed LIMA-UVEQ was developed so that we could forecast the region’s vulnerability to earthquake disasters over the next twenty years. Two cases were evaluated: one where some earthquake damage mitigationmeasures are incorporated with urban development projects and another where no such measures are implemented. With the modeling results, we then try to propose an appropriate policy mix that can be implemented in line with urban growth.
Start page
1069
End page
1077
Volume
9
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería civil
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84914147411
Source
Journal of Disaster Research
ISSN of the container
18812473
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus