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Scawthorn, C. (2009). Towards a Global Response to Large Disasters. In: The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: Revisited. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8609-0_31
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