POLICY TOOLS FOR HOUSING EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
There are several effective tools to reduce or prevent life and property losses during an earthquake. The experiences from past earthquakes show that effective implementation of earthquake resistant codes can reduce the losses significantly. This is because the collapse of houses is often the single largest cause of human deaths and economic losses resulting from earthquakes. However, there are many vulnerable houses with structural deficiencies in a number of developing countries situated in earthquake prone regions in the world. These vulnerable houses are constructed using traditional techniques without the aid of an architect or engineer. The research seeks to tackle this situation and to protect vulnerable people from possible future disasters. The first challenge is to define the process that is appropriate for individual country contexts. The second challenge is to disseminate the code to communities. It is verified that effective building code implementation requires not only the capable national institutions for strict enforcement but also means to engage community people through disseminating the information and involving professionals for community consultations.
Building code enforcement awareness raising capacity building policy development
Shoichi ANDO Dr. Jishnu K Subedi Dr. Naoko Mishima
Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office, UNCRD, JAPAN Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office, UNCRD
国际会议
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）