Earthquake risk mitigation in Istanbul museums

Mustafa Erdik (), Eser Durukal, Nevra Ertürk and Bilgen Sungay

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2010, vol. 53, issue 1, 97-108

Abstract: Considering the number of endangered museums in Istanbul and the size of their collections, assessing and mitigating the earthquake risk is an immense task by any standard. This paper provides a status report on the current earthquake risk mitigation efforts taken by the museums in Turkey. It summarizes several projects that have been carried out over the past few years to protect museums and its collections from earthquake damage and defines future actions that would mitigate earthquake risks associated with museum buildings and their contents. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

Keywords: Earthquake; Museums; Istanbul; Risk; Mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9411-2

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