Contributors#

The authors are grateful for the input from dozens of local and international experts.

Name

Institution

Country/Region

Enes Veliu

Polytechnic University of Tirana/Understanding and Managing Extremes Graduate School Pavia

Albania

Narciso Novillo

Universidad Nacional del Cordoba

Argentina

Eduardo Rodriguez

Independent Consultant

Argentina

Hyeuk Ryu

Geosience Australia

Australia

Rahman Maruf

Geosience Australia

Bangladesh

David Ticona

EAFIT University

Bolivia

Manya Deyanova

Mott MacDonald

Bulgaria

Carlos Ventura

University of British Columbia

Canada

Murray Journeay

Natural Resources Canada

Canada

Tiegan Hobbs

Natural Resources Canada

Canada

Jetson Abraham

AON Impact Forecasting

Canada

Ann Abraham

University of British Columbia

Canada

Armin Bebam Zadeh

University of British Columbia

Canada

Peter Pazak

AON Impact Forecasting

Canada

Goran Trendafiloski

AON Impact Forecasting

Canada/Iran

Ernesto Ortiz

Centro de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

Chile

Felipe Rivera

Centro de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

Chile

Mariana Labarca

Centro de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

Chile

Matas Hube

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Chile

Hernan Santamara Oyanedel

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, CIGIDEN

Chile

David Hernandez

Centro de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

Chile

Claudia Alvarez

Centro de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

Chile

Tamara Cabrera

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Chile

Ying Long

Tsinghua University

China

Jian Ma

Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration

China

Fernando Alexis Osorio

EAFIT University

Colombia

Juan Diego Jaramillo

EAFIT University

Colombia

Cristina Rosales Climent

Corporacin OSSO

Colombia

Ana Beatriz Acevedo

EAFIT University

Colombia

Jairo Andres Varcarcel Torres

Servicio Geolgico Colombiano (SGC)

Colombia

Maria Camila Hoyos Ramirez

Understanding and Managing Extremes Graduate School Pavia

Colombia

Daniela Gonzalez Gonzales

EAFIT University

Colombia

Monica Arcila

Servicio Geolgico Colombiano (SGC)

Colombia

Miguel Genaro Mora Cuevas

Servicio Geolgico Colombiano (SGC)

Colombia

Andres Abarca

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Costa Rica

Rolando Castillo Barahona

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Costa Rica

Luis Carlos Esquivel Salas

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Costa Rica

Luis Guillermo Vargas Alas

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Costa Rica

Marcial Rivera Rodriguez

Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Mauricio Araya

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Costa Rica

Javier Castro Gutierrez

Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)

Costa Rica

Juan Diego Miranda

Fundacion Promotora de Vivienda (FUPROVI)

Costa Rica

Kenneth Otarola Madrigal

Ingeniera Sismo-Resistente (ISR)

Costa Rica

Andres Arguedas

Acueductos y Alcantarillados

Costa Rica

Aisha Vargas Siles

Independent Consultant

Costa Rica

Pablo Ruiz Rios

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Costa Rica

Luis Carlos Meseguer

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Costa Rica

Guillermo Gonzalez

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Costa Rica

Alvaro Poveda Vargas

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Costa Rica

Mabe Villar

Understanding and Managing Extremes Graduate School Pavia

Costa Rica

Josip Atalic

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Croatia

Zvonko Sigmund

University of Zagreb

Croatia

Drazen Anicic

University of Osijek, Civil Engineering Faculty

Croatia

Nicholas Kyriakides

Cyprus University of Technology - Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Cyprus

Mercy Dayana Chicaiza Puchaicela

Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Fabricio Yepez

Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Ecuador

Carlos Andres Celi Sanchez

Escuela Politcnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Adriana Ayala

Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja

Ecuador

Carlos Alexis Ayala Moya

Escuela Politcnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Juan Carlos Singaucho

Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Juan Carlos Pantoja Moyano

Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Diego Andres Sosa Caiza

Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN)

Ecuador

Ahmed Essam

Understanding and Managing Extremes Graduate School Pavia

Egypt

Manuel Alfredo Lopez Menjivar

Universidad de El Salvador

El Salvador

Jaime Hernandez De Paz

SISMICA S.A. de C.V

El Salvador

Luis Mendoza

MP Consultoria y Construccion

El Salvador

Rex Fernandez

SISMICA S.A de C.V

El Salvador

Luis Sousa

AIR Worldwide

Europe, Bhutan

Helen Crowley

EUCENTRE

Europe

Philippe Gueguen

French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks

France

Massimiliano Pittore

GFZ Potsdam

Germany

Carlien Bou-Chedid

Independent Consultant

Ghana

Georgios Tsionis

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Greece

Anna Karatzetzou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece

Evi Riga

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece

Stavroula Fotopoulou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece

Kyriazis Pitilakis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece

Danai Kazantzidou

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) / Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)

Greece/Cyprus

Antonios Pomonis

World Bank - Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience (GSURR)

Greece/Cyprus

Antonio Cabrera

Lanamme - Universidad de Costa Rica (LANAMME)

Guatemala

Hugo Pallais

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)

Guatemala

Oscar Sequeira

AGIES

Guatemala

Mario Yon

AGIES

Guatemala

Jose Carlos Gil

Universidad Mariano Galvez de Guatemala

Guatemala

Yzema Fritz Alemagne

Laboratoire Nationale du Batiment et des Travaux Publics (LNBTP-HAÏTI)

Haiti

Gaspard Pierristal

Observatoire National de l’Environnement et de la Vulnerabilite (ONEV)

Haiti

Leonardo Cruz

DICOMA

Honduras

Jorge

Inypsa

Honduras

Mellissa Bustillo

Postensa

Honduras

Elmer Zelaya

Unitec

Honduras

Luis Gerardo Aguirre Calix

UNAH

Honduras

Dennis Aguilar

IHSS

Honduras

Bessason Bjarni

School of engineering and natural science, University of Iceland

Iceland

Meera Raghunandan

IIT Bombay

India

Mani N

IIT Bombay

India

Debashish Dutta

Gallagher Re

India

Pratim Kalita

Gallagher Re

India

Siddhartha Ghosh

IIT Bombay

India

Kaustubh Dasgupta

IIT Guwahati

India

Svetlana Brzev

IIT Gandhinagar

India

Jayadipta Ghosh

IIT Bombay

India

Iswandi Imran

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia

Masyhur Irsyam

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia

Hooman Motamed

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)

Iran

Ammar M. Shakir Bek

University of Waterloo

Iraq

Elena Speranza

Civil Protection Department of Italy

Italy

Oreste Bursi

University of Trento, Italy

Italy

Patrick Covi

University of Trento, Italy

Italy

Chris Burgess

Ceac solutions

Jamaica

Satoshi Shimizu

OYO RMS Corporation

Japan

Nobuhiko Toyama

OYO CORPORATION

Japan

Hanan Al-Nimry

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Jordan

Gloria Maria Estrada Alvarez

SURA

Latin America

Elizabeth Cardona Rendon

SURA

Latin America

Victoria Luz Gonzalez Perez

SURA

Latin America

Ana Mara Cortes Zapata

SURA

Latin America

Moayad Nafeaa

Understanding and Managing Extremes Graduate School Pavia

Lebanon

Chimwemwe BobBanda

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA)

Malawi

Hassan Mdala

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA)

Malawi

Azlan Bin Adnan

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

Joao Alberto Mugabe

Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo

Mozambique

Abilio Carlos Langa

National Disasters Management Institute

Mozambique

U Saw Htwe Zaw

Myanmar Earthquake Committee

Myanmar

Jaiganesh Murugesan

Asian Development Bank

Myanmar

Dev Kumar Maharjan

National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET)

Nepal

Surya Narayan Shrestha

National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET)

Nepal

Ramesh Guragain

National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET)

Nepal

Rajani Prajapati

National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET)

Nepal

Nick Horspool

GNS Science

New Zealand

Adery Baltodano

DOP INGENIEROS (DOP)

Nicaragua

Maurilio Reyes

Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI)

Nicaragua

Ernesto Hernandez G.

Steelmax

Nicaragua

Marcel Toruo Mendez

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Manuel Zeledn G

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Juan Sampson Mungua

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Carlos Alberto Delgado Aleman

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Julio Maltez Montiel

Alcaldia de Managua

Nicaragua

Felix Nunez Lopez

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Rainer Parrales

Independent Consultant

Nicaragua

Dominik Lang

Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI, Natural Hazards Division

Norway

Jalal Dabbeek

An-Najah National University

Palestine

Oscar Patio

Universidad Tecnologica de Panama (UTP)

Panama

Steve Saunders

Robaul Volcane Observatory

Papua New Guinea

Nicola Tarque

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)

Peru

Juan Carlos Montero

Centro Nacional de Estimacion, Prevencion y Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres

Peru

Miguel Estrada

Centro Peruano-Japons de Investigaciones Sismicas y Mitigacion de Desastres

Peru

Alfredo Zambrano

Centro Nacional de Estimacion, Prevencion y Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres

Peru

Holger Lovon

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)

Peru

Leonila Pascual Bautista

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

Philippines

Maria Luisa Sousa

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Portugal

Antonio Araujo Correia

National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, LNEC

Portugal

Daniela Rodrigues

EUCENTRE

Portugal

Jose Miguel Castro

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Portugal

Mario Marques

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Portugal

Nuno Pereira

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Portugal

Xavier Romao

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Portugal

Zoraida Disla Morales

Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion Sosmica y Vulnerabilidad de Infraestructura y Edificaciones (ONESVIE)

Repblica Dominicana

Galvy Núñez

Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion Sismica y Vulnerabilidad de Infraestructura y Edificaciones (ONESVIE)

Repblica Dominicana

Andrs Fulcar

Escuela Ingenieria Civil de Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urea (UNPHU)

Repblica Dominicana

Vladimir S. Jimnez Gonzlez

Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC)

Repblica Dominicana

Edgardo A.

Novas

Repblica Dominicana

Jose M. Lockhart

J.M. Lockhart Ingenier_a S_smica

Repblica Dominicana

Ramon Emilio Tavarez Bello

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urea (UNPHU)

Repblica Dominicana

Keflemariam Sebhatu

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Republic of Djibuti

Abdourahman Houmed-Gaba Maki

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Republic of Djibuti

Veronika Sendova

IZIIS - Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology

Republic of Macedonia

Cexnia Bueno Ortega

Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion Sismica y Vulnerabilidad de Infraestructura y Edificaciones (ONESVIE)

Republica Dominicana

Bernardo Rafael Cabrera Rosario

INGPECASA

Republica Dominicana

Pedro Ivan Marquez Merceron

Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion Sismica y Vulnerabilidad de Infraestructura y Edificaciones (ONESVIE)

Republica Dominicana

Santiago Rivera Acosta

Fuerza Aerea de La Republica Dominicana

Republica Dominicana

Bienvenido Hernandez

Yellow Ingenieros & Aquitectos SRL

Republica Dominicana

Toma Dragos

National Institute for Earth Physics - Research-Development Innovation in Earth Sciences

Romania

Harouna Nshimiyimana

Rwanda Housing Authority

Rwanda

Herve Villard

University of Rwanda

Rwanda

Svetlana Brzev

University of British Columbia / Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar - Faculty of Civil Engineering

Serbia

Babic Anze

University of Ljubljana

Slovenia

Zizmond Jure

University of Ljubljana

Slovenia

Amina Varachia

Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre

South Africa

Ansie Smit

Natural Hazard Centre, University of Pretoria

South Africa

Elmien Steyn

Cape Town_s Disaster Risk Management Centre

South Africa

Armando Aguilar Melendez

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona

Spain

Laurentiu Danciu

ETH Zurich

Switzerland/Romania

Hala Hasan

Damascus University

Syria

Kuo-Fong Ma

Earthquake-Disaster & Risk Evaluation and Management Center (E-DREaM), National Central University

Taiwan

Chung-Han Chan

Earthquake-Disaster & Risk Evaluation and Management Center (E-DREaM), National Central University

Taiwan

Ming-Kai Hsu

Earthquake-Disaster & Risk Evaluation and Management Center (E-DREaM), National Central University

Taiwan

Jia-Sheng Hung

National Central University

Taiwan

Crispin Kinabo

University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

Joseph Stephen Mayunga

Ardhi University

Tanzania

Eward Boniface

Disaster Management Department of the Prime Minister_s Office

Tanzania

Pennung Warnitchai

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Thailand

Sevgi Ozcebe

Studio Calvi, Engineering and Architecture

Turkey

Ufuk Hancilar

Bogazici University - Department of Earthquake Engineering

Turkey

Sinan Akkar

T-Rupt Teknoloji, Türk Reasürans

Turkey

Isa Lugayizi

Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development

Uganda

Catherine Ahimbisibwe

Prime Minister Office

Uganda

Titus A. Kuuyuor

United Nations Development Programme

UNDP

Hossein Mostafaei

FM Global

United States

Doug Bausch

NiyamIT Inc.

United States

Kishor Jaiswal

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

United States

Jesse Rozelle

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

United States

Aura Fernandez

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela

Romme Rojas

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela

Valentina Paez

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela

Gustavo Coronel

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela

Oscar A. Lopez

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela

Jose Rengel

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas

Venezuela