Decision making framework for earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation

• Main Authors: Wah, Choo Kok, Zakaria, Rozana, Adnan, Azlan
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46768/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.105-107.330
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia is a country with very low seismic. Most of the buildings in our country may not consider seismic load during structure design, thus the level of safety for remains unknown. Recently, earthquake events have become more frequent. Therefore, engineers have to be alert and kept updated with th...