Keeping Schools Safe in Earthquake
School Safety and Security

 
   
 
 

 

This monograph presents a series of papers authored by participants of the 2004 OECD-GHI Meeting at Paris . The articles encompass issues pertaining to new buildings, retrofitting of old buildings as well as enforcement and public policy towards maximizing seismic safety of schools.

     
Publisher : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Year : 2006
Reprint by : National Information Center of  Earthquake Engineering                 
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
ISBN : 81-88689-43-2
Price : Rs 200.00
 


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  Preface
  Executive summary
  Reader's guide
  Introduction: Acknowledging the importance of improving earthquake safety in schools
   
 
  Part 1: Recognising the Obstacles to Improving Seismic Safety of Schools
 

1.

 Earthquake vulnerability of schools buildings in Algeria
  2. Learning about seismic safety of schools from community experience in Berkeley, California
  3. Seismic safety of schools in Italy
  4. Obstacles to improving seismic safety of school buildings in Turkey
  5. Seismic risk in schools: The Venezuelan project
  6. Towards effective mitigation and emergency response in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  7. Making schools safer: The New Zealand experience
  8. Damage in schools in the 1998 Faial earthquake in the Azores Islands, Portugal
  9. Earthquakes and educational infrastructure policy in Mexico
     
 
  Part 2: Defining Seismic Safety Principles for Schools
 

10.

 Fundamental concepts and principles for assuring acceptable performance of schools and the education system
     
 
  Part 3: Assessing Vulnerability and Risks to Schools and Other Public Buildings
  11. Building code effectiveness grading schedule: Measuring the community's commitment to adopting and enforcing building codes
  12. Translating earthquake hazard mitigation measures from one country to another: A case study
  13. Seismic risk mitigation practices in school buildings in Istanbul, Turkey
     
 
  Part 4: Identifying Strategies and Programmes for Improving School Safety
  14. A brief review of school typologies in Italy; Specific vulnerability and possible strategies for seismic retrofitting
  15. Implementing school seismic safety programmes in developing countries
  16. Supporting local seismic experts: Experiences in Nepal and India
  17. Evaluating earthquake retrofitting measures for schools: A cost-benefit analysis
  18. Strengthening school buildings to resist earthquakes: Progress in European countries
     
 
  Part 5: Taking an Initial Step Towards Improving Earthquake Safety in Schools: Ad Hoc Expert's Group Report on Earthquake Safety in Schools
     
 
  Contributors to this publication
 


 

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