Earthquake Disaster Reduction in Developing China

摘要：

To fully account for the severity of earthquake disasters in China and the complexity of earthquake disaster reduction efforts, this paper introduces the policy and countermeasures taken in China for earthquake disaster reduction as well as the latest development and achievement in the three frontlines for the efforts, that is, earthquake monitoring and prediction, earthquake disaster reduction and emergency response search and rescue. Challenged by the tragedy of the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan Province, the paper further elaborates our latest thoughts on effective earthquake disaster reduction and its future direction in China.

关键词： China Development Earthquake Disaster Reduction

作者: Jianmin Chen

作者单位: China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）