Life Safety Techniques for Earthquake Events—Alternative Approaches to Overall Building Strengthening

Dear Colleagues,

In most countries with relevant seismicity, a significant part of the building stock does not comply with modern design codes, namely in respect of earthquake strength.

The ideal approach to this structural safety problem would consist of strengthening all vulnerable buildings with a heritage or architectonical interest or even demolishing them and building new ones if none of these values are recognized. However, these approaches are very intrusive and expensive and may not be implemented in due time.

In this context, low-intrusive and low-cost life-safety techniques have been designed and developed to allow protecting buildings’ occupants without requiring buildings to undergo overall structural strengthening.

The main purpose of this Special Issue is to attract world-leading researchers in the area of “Life Safety Techniques for Earthquake Events—Alternative Approaches to Overall Building Strengthening” and to spread their latest developments.

Dr. João Gomes Ferreira
Dr. Luís Guerreiro
Dr. João Guerreiro
Guest Editors

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