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This chapter introduces various types of earthquake hazards and global seismic hazard scenario. Various levels of seismic zonation are discussed in this chapter along with global trends and recent developments.
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Sitharam, T.G., James, N., Kolathayar, S. (2018). Introduction and Overview. In: Comprehensive Seismic Zonation Schemes for Regions at Different Scales. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89659-5_1
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