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Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty (2006)
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Improved Seismic Monitoring Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty

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BENEFITS FROM IMPROVED EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND FORECASTING

  

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 Monitoring for Hazard Assessment,

  

78
   

 Monitoring for Ground Motion Prediction Models,

  

83
   

 Seismic Zonation for Reducing Uncertainty,

  

88
   

 Monitoring for Earthquake Forecasting, Alerts, and Prediction,

  

94

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BENEFITS FROM IMPROVED LOSS ESTIMATION MODELS

  

105
   

 Uses of Loss Estimation Models,

  

106
   

 Uncertainty in Loss Estimation Models,

  

108
   

 Monitoring for Improved Loss Estimation Models,

  

109

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BENEFITS FROM PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING

  

116
   

 Seismic Monitoring and the Development of Earthquake Engineering,

  

117
   

 Improvements in Seismic Monitoring Needed to Support Performance-Based Engineering,

  

120
   

 Calculation of Benefits Provided by Performance-Based Engineering,

  

124
   

 Summary,

  

131

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BENEFITS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

  

132
   

 Monitoring for Response Readiness,

  

133
   

 Real-Time Information for Emergency Response Operations,

  

134
   

 Monitoring for Earthquake Recovery,

  

137
   

 Recent Response Experiences,

  

139
   

 Summary,

  

142

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INTEGRATING THE BENEFITS—CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

  

144
   

 Summary of Benefit Components,

  

146
   

 Benefit Integration,

  

151
   

 Recommendations,

  

153

 

  

REFERENCES

  

159

 

  

APPENDIXES

  

 
   

A  Excerpts from Bernknopf et al. (1993), “Societal Value of Geologic Maps”

  

169
   

B  Committee and Staff Biographies

  

179
   

C  Acronyms and Abbreviations

  

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