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The Great Hanshin-Awaji Disaster (Kobe Earthquake) caused huge damages to buildingstructures, especially to old or non-engineered buildings. It has strongly beenrecognized that the strengthening...
The seismic performance of the few masonry structures present in the Kobe area and subjected to the severeHyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake is a minor concern when compared to the overwhelming damage...
This illustrated reference for school facilities planners and designers shows examples of seismic retrofitting of junior and senior high school buildings in two prefectures and their performance...
The aim of this publication is to serve as a guide for Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation for local governments and stakeholders by customizing the ISDR publication “Words Into Action...
Past and current seismic design provisions for steel structures in Japan are presented and compared with Canadian requirements. The performance of steel framed structures during the 17 January...
This document aimed at school administrators and those responsible for school maintenance examines 19 non-structural elements to identifiy retrofit techniques that can be introduced to mitigate...
This hanbook aims at being used as a tool to reduce urban risk in small and medium sized cities by local schools, students, teachers, parents, resident associations and local government members,...
The unprecedented scale of recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and Japan underlines the importance of having the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in...
Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...
Lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995 and other disasters led the Japanese government to promote the concept of networked relocation following the GEJE, when an...