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- Title
- Seismic Vulnerability and Impact of Disruption of Lifelines in the Conterminous United States.
- File
- PB2008108256.pdf
- Source
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1991, 473 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- FEMA-224
- Abstract
- This report provides a national overview of lifeline seismic vulnerability and the impact of disruption. Both site specific lifelines and extended lifeline networks are examined. Included is a review of electric, water, transportation, and emergency service systems. The vulnerability estimates and impacts are presented in terms of estimated direct damage losses and indirect economic losses. The report also presents hazard mitigation measures and their expected benefits and recommendations for future work.
- Keywords
- Vulnerability; Water systems; Benefits; Electric power; Emergency services; Losses; Mitigation; Economic analysis; Hazards; Lifelines; Recommendations; Impact; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Earthquakes