Kappos, Andreas; Dimitrakopoulos, E. - In: Natural Hazards 45 (2008) 1, pp. 33-54
There are two fundamental questions this article aims to deal with. First, whether a pre-earthquake strengthening of a large and heterogeneous building stock (the emphasis here is on building types common in S. Europe), is economically feasible or not, and second what is the optimal retrofit...