Probabilistic assessment of seismic risk of Barcelona, Spain, using the CAPRA platform

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Contact: liliana@cimne.upc.edu
International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech

, O. Cardona

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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Campus Palogrande, IDEA, Cra. 27 No. 64-60, Manizales, Colombia
Instituto de Estudios Ambientales (IDEA), Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales (Manizales, Colombia) y Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica (AIS),

, A. Barbat

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Departamento de Resistencia de Materiales y Estructuras en la Ingeniería (RMEE), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), Mòdul C1, Campus Nord, Barcelona, España

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Probabilistic assessment of seismic risk of Barcelona, Spain, using the CAPRA platform

M. Marulanda, M. Carreño

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Contact: liliana@cimne.upc.edu
International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech

, O. Cardona

, A. Barbat

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Departamento de Resistencia de Materiales y Estructuras en la Ingeniería (RMEE), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), Mòdul C1, Campus Nord, Barcelona, España

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The Comprehensive Approach for Probabilistic Risk Assessment (CAPRA), is a robust methodology for modeling risk which allows identifying the most important aspects of catastrophes. CAPRA performs the evaluation of losses of the exposed elements using probabilistic metrics, such as the loss exceedance curve, the expected annual loss and the probable maximum loss, which are useful for multi-hazard risk analysis. The outcomes obtained with such a technical-scientific methodology are oriented to facilitate decision-making. They allow designing risk transfer instruments, evaluating the cost–benefit ratio, developing risk mitigation strategies and loss scenarios for emergency response, etc. The CAPRA platform is described in this paper by using as a testbed the city of Barcelona, Spain. Nevertheless, the results included for this urban area have not only a high scientific interest but also a practical one, because they are useful in taking risk reduction decision by the Municipality

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M. Marulanda, M. Carreño, O. Cardona and A. Barbat, Probabilistic assessment of seismic risk of Barcelona, Spain, using the CAPRA platform, Bulletin of the polutechnic institute of jassy (2012). Vol. LVIII (2), pp. 9-25 URL https://www.scipedia.com/public/Marulanda_et_al_2012a

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