Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Building Stocks at Chandgaon in Chittagong City, Bangladesh

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Rc Buildings in Gis Environment

With rapid population growth over the past 30 years and no significance seismic activity during this period, the unchecked development of the built environment in Bangladesh has been resulted in little resilience to earthquake. Identifying buildings due to this unchecked development that has high vulnerability is of critical importance both for reliable loss estimation as a result of an expecte...

Understanding institutional changes for reducing vulnerability to landslides in Chittagong City, Bangladesh

Survey on Antibiotic Practices in Chittagong City of Bangladesh

We aimed to determine the amount of antibiotic prescribed by physicians and also sold by pharmacies in Chittagong city of Bangladesh by using a cross sectional survey. Patients, physicians, pharmacies and prescriptions based study was conducted in May 01, 2012 to May 30, 2012. A total of 118 prescriptions were collected and 82 local pharmacies were selected for data collection about daily sales...

Rapid Visual Screening Method for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Buildings in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, Malaysia

Bukit Tinggi may experience low earthquake hazard but are still at high risk of substantial damage and loss. Dense concentration of buildings and infrastructure in some areas mainly due to the hospitality industry can generate this high risk level. This study is focused on identify, inventory and rank buildings in Bukit Tinggi to assess seismic vulnerability buildings. The methodology is based ...

Vulnerability Assessment of Blida City

The seismic vulnerability of an urban area is of a great deal for local authorities especially those facing earthquakes. So, it is important to have an efficient tool to assess the vulnerability of existing buildings. The use of the VIP (Vulnerability Index Program) and the GIS (Geographic Information System) let us to identify the most vulnerable districts of an urban area. The use of the vuln...