EPICentre Seminar - Disaster Risk Engineering: Damage Assessments Remote & On-the-Ground

• Protect people from dangerous buildings
• Allow displaced people back into homes that are not dangerous
• Provide the Authorities with information that allows decision-making in response, recovery and financing

The talk will discuss case-studies for post-disaster damage assessment.  
The on-the-ground assessment case-study will cover the recent response to the Beirut Explosion of 4^th Aug. 2020, which caused at least 177 deaths, 6,000 injuries, and US $10–15 billion in property damage, leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

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