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Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering ((GGEE,volume 45))

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The chapter introduces the analyses used to estimate the seismic hazard at a specific site. A brief introduction and definition of risk is given. The Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis (DSHA) and the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (DSHA) are discussed.

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Cimellaro, G.P., Marasco, S. (2018). Seismic Hazard Analysis. In: Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72541-3_10

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