Urban scale vulnerability. Proceedings of the U.S.-Italy colloquim on urban design and earthquake hazard mitigation.

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Wolfe, Myer R [Project Director]

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: June 1982Description: 163p., 6 appendices, 13 refsReport number: CEE8113623; 80-IT-21; Academic; NSF/CEE-82047; PB83-145524Subject: Building codesSubject: Earthquake resistant structuresSubject: EarthquakesSubject: Hazard mitigationSubject: Land useSubject: Regional planningSubject: The international colloquium was held to define the parameters of "urban scale vulnerability" in earthquakes. The shortcomings of current approaches to earthquake hazard mitigation were noted. Building codes were found to represent the great majority of earthquake mitigation techniques. Emergency relief programs were found to usually be concerned only with immediate problems and not with long-range recovery planning. An assessment of earthquake hazard should address: (1) the physical vulnerabliity of regional and urban systems; and (2) the social vulnerability of the population and governmental systems; and (3) the economic vulnerability of the urban system. The relationship of land use planning and regulation to hazard mitigation was examined and the physical vulnerability of the urban pattern at both regional and community scales was defined. In addition, the need to identify vulnerable building scales was emphasized.

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Conference held 12-16 October 1981

Building codes

Earthquake resistant structures

Earthquakes

Hazard mitigation

Land use

Regional planning

The international colloquium was held to define the parameters of "urban scale vulnerability" in earthquakes. The shortcomings of current approaches to earthquake hazard mitigation were noted. Building codes were found to represent the great majority of earthquake mitigation techniques. Emergency relief programs were found to usually be concerned only with immediate problems and not with long-range recovery planning. An assessment of earthquake hazard should address: (1) the physical vulnerabliity of regional and urban systems; and (2) the social vulnerability of the population and governmental systems; and (3) the economic vulnerability of the urban system. The relationship of land use planning and regulation to hazard mitigation was examined and the physical vulnerability of the urban pattern at both regional and community scales was defined. In addition, the need to identify vulnerable building scales was emphasized.

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