ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a scientific project funded to help in mitigating seismic risks in historical peninsula of Istanbul where Eastern Rome, Byzantine and Ottoman structures populate almost every street. Istanbul has experienced large magnitude earthquakes that caused tragic damages to the heritage building stock in the past. A server installed in the facilities of the Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Management Institute of Istanbul Technical University is used for data collection and process. One of the major problems in risk assessment of historical structures is the estimation of the expected damages, or the overall damage state of the structure. A risk model would need the three basic components of the risk, which are: hazard, inventory data, and vulnerability. A risk model may be able to provide data for prioritization of the mitigation efforts, as well as it can offer valuable data for post-event operations.
