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The GEM Vulnerability Consortium offers a draft analytical vulnerability guideline document for internal and community review. It is a simplified version of the PEER 2nd-generation performance-based earthquake engineering methodology, but one that treats building classes through analyses of 1, 3, or 7 representative index buildings in the class. It demonstrates the integration of structural and nonstructural repair costs.
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Download a summary report of second year activities (november 2011-2012), describing continued activities from year 1, but also the website that was development for data collaboration and much more. After reading, do leave your comments!
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Download here a summary report of first year activities, describing data collection, work on Shakemaps and database development. After reading, do comment here in Nexus for any question or remark.
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On March 1, 2013 GEM held a participatory workshop on the assessment of earthquake risk using an integrated approach as part of the GEM South Asia Expert Meeting and Technical Training in Kathmandu, Nepal. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce GEM’s tools and methods for measuring risk holistically, to have detailed discussions related to the technological needs within the South Asia region for measuring socio-economic vulnerability and resilience, and to better understand regionally specific drivers of seismic risk to be able to suggest pertinent factors for integrated risk assessments that account for both physical and social parameters.
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This report features a procedure for the OpenQuake software suite to offer an available vulnerability function for any acceptable set of attributes that the user specifies for a particular building category. It also provides general guidelines on how to submit the vulnerability or fragility functions to the GEM physical vulnerability database. We look forward to your feedback; do leave your comments immediately below.
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Hundreds of experts and professionals from around the globe are working collectively on state-of-the-art global earthquake risk assessment and get together in Nexus to discuss the work being carried out within the scope of GEM.
Upcoming meetings around the globe
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21MayGEM Update Zurich Insurance Group Nat Cat Council May 21, 2013 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM — Zurich, Switzerland,
- Ross Stein updates Zurich Insurance Group's Natural Catastrophe Advisory Council on GEM progress and accomplishments
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24JunScientific Board Meeting Jun 24, 2013 from 09:00 AM to 06:00 PM — Pavia, Italy,
- Full Day Scientific Board Meeting, which will continue on June 26th, after the Semi-Annual Meeting
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25JunGEM Reveal Summer 2013 from Jun 25, 2013 09:00 AM to Jun 26, 2013 01:00 PM — Pavia, Italy,
- GEM's Semi-Annual Meeting with this time... completed global hazards datasets, launch of OpenQuake Engine 1.0, science booths, engagement of the community in GEM’s mission and an interactive discussion on our future direction..
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26JunScientific Board Meeting - part 2 (PM) Jun 26, 2013 from 02:00 PM to 06:00 PM — Pavia, Italy,
- Continuation of the meeting of June 24th
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27JunGoverning Board Meeting from Jun 27, 2013 09:00 AM to Jun 28, 2013 01:00 PM
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08JulPowell Working Group meeting #3 (subduction zones and transforms) from Jul 08, 2013 09:00 AM to Jul 10, 2013 06:00 PM — Ft. Collins, CO, United States,
- Powell Working Group meeting #3 (subduction zones and transforms)
Announcements
- GEM Nexus restyling
- GEM Nexus has a new look and feel, fitting with new branding; other than that.. nothing changed!
- New Nexus group on Social Vulnerability & Resilience
- A project on Social Vulnerability and Resilience for GEM has recently taken off, in order to support GEM's mission of producing a holistic global earthquake risk model and tools to estimate the impact of earthquakes on economy and society.
- Survey/Encuesta Talleres America del Sur
- Breve encuesta para los participantes de los tallereres en Venezuela y Santiago de Chile / Short survey for the participants in the Venezuela and Santiago de Chile workshops...
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