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The basic concepts and some representative results of the work carried out within the European collaborative research project SYNER-G (http://www.syner-g.eu) are presented in this paper. The overall goal is to develop an integrated methodology for systemic seismic vulnerability and risk analysis of urban systems, transportation and utility networks and critical facilities. SYNER-G developed an innovative methodological framework for the assessment of physical as well as socio-economic seismic vulnerability and loss assessment at urban and regional level. The built environment is modeled according to a detailed taxonomy into its components and sub-systems, grouped into the following categories: buildings, transportation and utility networks, and critical facilities. Each category may have several types of components. The framework encompasses in an integrated way all aspects in the chain, from regional hazard to vulnerability assessment of components to the socioeconomic impacts of an earthquake, accounting for relevant uncertainties within an efficient quantitative simulation scheme, and modeling interactions between the multiple component systems in the taxonomy. The prototype software (OOFIMS) together with several complementary tools are implemented in the SYNER-G platform, which provides several pre and postprocessing capabilities. The methodology and software tools are applied and validated in selected sites and systems in urban and regional scale. Representative results of the application in the city of Thessaloniki are presented here.
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Pitilakis, K., Argyroudis, S. (2014). Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis of Urban Systems, Lifelines and Infrastructures. In: Klinkel, S., Butenweg, C., Lin, G., Holtschoppen, B. (eds) Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_18
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