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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment: Lifelines

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Pitilakis, K., Argyroudis, S. (2015). Seismic Vulnerability Assessment: Lifelines. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_255

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