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Main achievements:
· Assessment of the volumetric characteristics and differences of the buildings before and after an earthquake with the use of existing building parameters and aerial photos (see WP 6).
· Development of a new quantitative method to estimate the costs of rebuilding an earthquake affected area (buildings and lifelines).
· Correlation of the estimated damaged volume and rebuilding time and costs.
· Estimation of the direct physical losses for the extended network lifelines, depending on the inventory data and the models relating ground motions to damage.
Added value to the research field and society:
· Decision support model to identify the areas to be rebuilt with first priority, by having an immediate overall view of the monetary damage to public and private sectors and its distribution over the stroken area (e.g. residential, health, business, lifelines, etc.).
· Decision base with regard to the sources and priorities of financing the process of rebuilding and the necessary amount of external and international help for the reconstruction.
· Risk assessment and management in the insurance industry.
