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Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance
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The risk-return tradeoff in optimizing regional earthquake mitigation investment

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Pages 133-146 | Received 13 Apr 2005, Accepted 08 Sep 2005, Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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