SEISMIC RISK REDUCTION SPARKS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
The co conseq equen ences ces of co comp mplex ex urb rban an disas asters ers can pro rovide an imp mpet etus fo for U.S. co commu munities es to imp mpro rove the built en enviro ronmen ment, incr creas ease soci cial al cap capaci city an and ad adopt sustai ainab able dev evel elopmen ment pract actices ces. Given en the poten ential al ben enefi efits, ques estions ari arise ab about the cu curre rrent stat ate of the nat ations s sei eismi mic hazard azard mi mitigat ation: Des espite the tech echnical cal ab ability to red reduce ce ri risk, why do juri risdict ctions typical cally defer efer such act action? Can policy cy interv erven entions fo focu cus policy cymak makers rs on pru ruden ent ri risk red reduct ction an and reco ecovery ry inves estmen ment? Exami amining the sei eismi mic haz azard ard mi mitigat ation effo effort rts of Ameri erican can ci cities es an and reg regions shed eds light on thes ese issues es. Co Communities es can tak ake pro rotect ctive meas easures res to en ensure re sustai ainab ability that at cal call fo for ad adoption of pro rogres ressive public polici cies es; emp mploy innovat ative fi fiscal cal instru rumen ments to fu fund cap capital al upgrad rades es;an and, ad addres ress the ad adap aptive ch chal allen enge faced by political cal and ci citizen zen lead eaders ers to safeg afeguard ard ci cities es an and res residen ents. Few do.ct ctive political cal an and pract ractical cal en engag agemen ement fro from al all lev evel els of govern ernmen ment-local cal, stat ate an and fed federal eral-mu must be fact factored ed into the mi mitigat ation cal calcu culus. Res Resea earch rch initiat atives es, like Harv arvard ard Univers ersitys s Act cting in Time me, pro rogra ram and the ongoing reco recovery ery in Ameri erica cas s Gulf Co Coas ast reg region point to the cru cruci cial al need eed fo for policy cy an and pract ractice ce as spark arks fo for co commu munity reco recovery ry an and res resilien ence ce.
Sei Seismi mic hazard zard mi mitigat ation co commu munity res resilien ence ce
A. Chakos
Project ect Direct ctor,Ken Kenned edy Sch chool of Gover ernmen ent,Ta Taubman Cen Center er for State and Lo Loca cal Gover vernmen ent,Harva vard Univer versity,y,Ca Cambridge,e,Massach chuset etts USA
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）