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earthquakes

macroscale investigation level

detail study: Lower Rhine Embayment

A hybrid approach was chosen, using official statistics for the commercial sector and a combination of official statistics and insurance data for private housing. In this way, total values for the study area were estimated. These total values were then distributed on the basis of ATKIS, the official German topographic-cartographic information system.

fig. 1 study areas "Cologne" and "federal state North Rhine-Westphalia"
fig. 2 economic loss curves for deterministic scenario event E5 (R = 10 km) for Cologne alone (left) and for Cologne and the adjacent areas of North Rhine-Westphalia (right)

references

Schwarz J., Langhammer, T., Maiwald, H., Smolka, A. (2004): Comparative Seismic Risk Studies for German Earthquake Regions - Damage and Loss Assessment for the City of  Cologne. Proceedings 13th WCEE Vancouver/Vanada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 238.

Schwarz J., Maiwald, H., Raschke, M. (2004): Zu erwartende Erdbebenszenarien für deutsche Großstadträume und Quantifizierung der Schadenspotentiale. Bericht zu Teilprojekt B31. In: DFNK- Endbericht  (Hrsg. B. Merz, H. Apel), GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam.

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