Author(s)

Rachel A. Davidson

Abstract

To more effectively support risk management decisions, new user- and use- specific earthquake risk assessment techniques must be developed that integrate technical estimates of casualties and economic loss with the social science appreciation of the importance of the contextual aspects of risk. This paper aims to encourage such innovation by presenting a framework with which to consider the many possible forms of earthquake risk assessment. The first section describes the stakeholders in the challenge of earthquake risk, how they are different, and how those differences suggest that diverse, user-specific forms of earthquake risk assessment would be useful. The second suggests the variety of possible methods by c

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