Seismic risk assessment of urban and rural settlements around Lake Malawi

Goda, Katsu, Gibson, Emily Daisy, Smith, Holly, Biggs, Juliet and Hodge, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-4110 2016. Seismic risk assessment of urban and rural settlements around Lake Malawi. Frontiers in Built Environment 2 , 30. 10.3389/fbuil.2016.00030

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Abstract

The seismic risk potential for Malawi is high because traditional adobe and earthen structures are seismically vulnerable and large earthquakes of Mw 7.0 or greater may occur in the Malawi Rift. To assess seismic risk of the Malawian communities quantitatively, data and models for exposure, hazard, and vulnerability modules that are suitable for Malawi are integrated. The developed risk model is applied to a retrospective appraisal of the past damaging 2009 Karonga earthquake sequence and to the future earthquake scenarios for long-term risk management purposes. The earthquake impact assessment results highlight that the collapse risk predictions of the Malawian settlements are particularly dependent on the inclusion of large-magnitude earthquakes from the active faults around Lake Malawi and the selection and combination of seismic vulnerability models.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QE Geology
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	2297-3362
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 December 2017
Date of Acceptance:	3 November 2016
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 05:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107179

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