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Adjoining buildings on two sides [BP2]

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A building, usually located on a street corner, with adjoining or attached buildings on two sides. This includes mid-terrace buildings, buildings which are a part of the row of at least three buildings, or corner buildings with adjoining buildings on two perpendicular sides.

Example 1: the building shown in black in this plan is located within a block and it has adjoining buildings on two sides.

Example 2: the building shown in black in this plan view is located on a corner and has adjoining buildings on two perpendicular sides.

An example of a building within a block with adjoining buildings on two sides, Vancouver, Canada (left photo: S. Brzev, right: Map data ©2013 Google, Province of British Columbia, DigitalGlobe)

A corner building with adjoining buildings on two perpendicular sides, New Zealand (L. Allen).

A corner building with adjoining buildings on two perpendicular sides, Talca, Chile (S. Brzev).

Terrace housing with adjoining houses on two sides, New Zealand (L. Allen)

A midrise building in Santiago, Chile with adjoining low-rise buildings on two sides (S. Brzev)

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Extended GEM Building_taxonomy for Multi-risk assessment

1. DirectionDIRECTION

2. Material of Lateral Load Resisting System MAT_TYPE

3. Lateral-Load Resisting System LLRS

4. Height HEIGHT

5. Date of construction or retrofit DATE

6. Occupancy OCCUPCY

7. Shape of the Building Plan PLAN_SHAPE

7.1. Building Position within a Block POSITION

8. Structural Irregularity STR_IRREG

9. Non- Structural Exterior Walls/ Openings NONSTRCEXW

10. Roof ROOF

11. Floor FLOOR

12. Foundation FOUND

Expanding the former towards an Exposure Database for Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis EXP-MULTI-H-R-An

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