Seismic risk evaluations play an important role in preparing for future damaging earthquakes and, consequently, over the past couple of decades hundreds of such studies have been conducted. However, the assessment of seismic risk is always associated with significant uncertainties because of a lack of knowledge and data on earthquake hazard, vulnerability and exposure. This is especially true when assessing the risk of an entire city, where available building information is often rudimentary. These uncertainties have an impact on disaster planning and can lead to an inefficient use of resources...
