research program / publications

Based on a systematic building stock elaboration this research analyses the effects of the destructive 1995 earthquake on the urban development of Aigio, Greece. Three building surveys were operated at various times and with sufficiently large distance. Starting after the earthquake (1995), including results of detailed damage surveys, continued into 2005 (ten years after the earthquake to consider the reconstruction process) and a recent evaluation in 2013. This longterm evaluation allows comparing foreseen reconstruction measures and actual occurring urban transformation by considering the changes of pre vs. post-event vulnerability and resilience capacities of the built environment within a 20 years covering time frame.

team: A. Schwarz and M. Oikonomou

where: Earthquake Damage Analysis Centre (EDAC), Bauhaus University Weimar and Aigio, Greece.

when: 2013

publications:

SCHWARZ, A., OIKONOMOU, M., SCHWARZ, J. (2017) Long-term Evaluation of Post-disaster Reconstruction and Impacts of Natural Hazards on Urban Transformation - The case study of Aigio, Greece, 16th World Conference on Earthquake, Santiago, Chile.

SCHWARZ, A., OIKONOMOU, M., SCHWARZ, J. (2018) Long-term Evaluation of Post-disaster Reconstruction - The case study of Aigio, Greece. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.