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Table 1 Global Assessment Report terminology for the 25 building categories considered in Maqsood et al. 2014). Green squares indicate the 8 building damage benchmark functions developed during the GAR15 workshop. Yellow squares indicate the building types for which damage indices were to be developed out of session. # shows the 5 building types discussed in this paper for which damage indices/ash loading functions were developed by three of the ‘experts’ who participated in the GAR workshop (authors RB, CM and TW)

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