TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Modeling the residential building inventory in South America for seismic risk assessment JO - Earthquake spectra A1 - Yepes-Estrada, Catalina A1 - Silva, Vitor A1 - Valcárcel, Jairo A1 - Acevedo, Ana Beatriz A1 - Tarque, Nicola A1 - Hube, Matías A. A1 - Coronel, Gustavo A1 - María, Hernán Santa SP - 299 EP - 322 VL - 33 IS - 1 N2 - This study presents an open and transparent exposure model for the residential building stock in South America. This model captures the geographical distribution, structural characteristics (including information about construction materials, lateral load resisting system, range of number of stories), average built-up area, replacement cost, expected number of occupants, and number of dwellings and buildings. The methodology utilized to develop this model was based on national population and housing statistics and expert judgment from dozens of local researchers and practitioners. This model has been developed as part of the South America Risk Assessment (SARA) project led by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), and it can be used to perform earthquake risk analyses. It is available at different geographical scales for seven Andean countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela (DOI: 10.13117/GEM. DATASET.EXP.ANDEAN-v1.0).

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LA - en SN - 8755-2930 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/101915EQS155DP ID - ref1 ER -