It is not too late: preparing for Asia's next big earthquake
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Title:
It is not too late: preparing for Asia's next big earthquake with emphasis on the Philippines, Indonesia and China
Alternate title:
Preparing for Asia's next big earthquake.
Creator:
Yanev, Peter I
World Bank ( contributor )
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. ( contributor )
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC
Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2011
Language:
English
Physical Description:
Book : International government publication; 27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Natural hazards and disasters -- Earthquakes -- Asia ( lcshac )
Emergency management -- Asia ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Philippines
Asia -- Indonesia
Asia -- China

Notes

Summary:
This document highlights the mitigation programs of various governments around the world in order to present strategies and best practices in the field of earthquake risk management. Its principle aim is to provide policy makers throughout East Asia and the Pacific information to build safer, more resilient communities, with a particular emphasis on strengthening critical public infrastructures. The author begins by providing a background on recent earthquakes to hit East Asia within the past 20 years. The level of damage caused by what were historically moderate earthquakes points to the general lack of appropriate earthquake resistant seismic design in this region. The document then covers the development of the earthquake engineering and risk reduction profession as it emerged in California after the major earthquakes in San Francisco, California in 1906 and 1933. It highlights how the destruction of schools in the 1930s and hospitals in the 1970s have led the legislature of the state to pass laws requiring stricter earthquake designs for both. Eventually, higher standards were applied to facilities and infrastructure that play essential roles in emergency responses. The next section of the document presents an action plan for earthquake risk management with strategies for each key sector. The three phases of this process include risk audits of specific sectors consisting of earthquake scenario studies gauging the expected effects of major earthquakes, cost-benefit analysis for each sector, and implementation through strengthening and renovation of structures. The final section of the document presents the Istanbul Seismic Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Program (ISMEP) set up after the devastating 1999 earthquakes in Turkey as an example of a successful and on-going earthquake risk management program. A central concept throughout the document is the role that each major earthquake has in teaching us new lessons, such as where earthquakes occur, which type of structural inadequacies exist, what innovations in engineering and construction are not in the current codes, what non-structural details are not being considered. Building codes should be evolutionary and thus updated constantly. Engineering and construction training and licensing also need to be upgraded with changing knowledge. Older structures should be strengthened using experience gained by other countries. ( English )
Citation/Reference:
Yanev, P. (2010). It is not too late: preparing for Asia’s next big earthquake. The World Bank, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
General Note:
Title from title caption (viewed on Feb. 1, 2011).
General Note:
"Policy note."
General Note:
"What East Asia and the Pacific can do to prepare for the next big earthquake: developing and implementing regional and countrywide strengthening programs for vulnerable structures."

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
The World Bank: The World Bank authorizes the use of this material subject to the terms and conditions on its website, http://www.worldbank.org/terms
Resource Identifier:
FI13010962
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