A short review on urban vulnerability due to seismic activity

Increasing vulnerability of the global cities due to natural calamities is a prime concern nowadays for scientists, decision, and policymakers. Nowadays cities are the prime hub assembling a huge number of populations. Any kind of small hazard or disaster resulted with great loss of lives with damage and destruction. So the vulnerability of the cities is gradually increasing day by day with the increasing rate of natural hazards. In this short review, we have discussed a few selected literatures based on the urban vulnerability analysis with some methodological framework or implementing new techniques of assessment with particular focus on seismic activity. After describing the short of the study we try to showcase the gaps in the research. Furthermore, we broadly discuss the fundamental advantages of research and how to bridge those gaps in a larger perspective.