Seismic Performance Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
INTRODUCTION
In most parts of the developed world, the building stock is ageing and in need of maintenance, repair and upgrading. Moreover, in the light of our current knowledge and of modern codes, in most of the world the majority of buildings are substandard and deficient. This is especially the case in earthquake-prone regions, as seismic design of structures is relatively recent even in those regions.
Although today and for the years to come most of the seismic threat to human life and property loss comes from the existing buildings, the emphasis of earthquake engineering
research and of code-writing efforts has been, and still is, on new construction.
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