Structural safety

Illustrated information sheet providing engineering and construction details for vertical reinforcement in masonry walls for houses in mountainous earthquake zones.

Illustrated information sheet providing engineering and construction details for horizontal and corner reinforcement in masonry walls for houses in mountainous earthquake zones.

Illustrated information sheet providing engineering and construction details for timber truss roof construction for houses in mountainous earthquake zones.

Illustrated information sheet providing specifications for sand, cement, mortar,concrete and steel members used in masonry houses in mountainous earthquake zones.

These studies on impacts of disasters on the education sector in Lao PDR, Philippines and Cambodia builds an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies, programs and plans and to advocate for changing

This booklet accompanied a public exhibit on earthquake engineering in San Francisco in April 2006 for the centennial of the April 18, 1906 earthquake. Its purpose was to give the general public insight into the practice of earthquake engineering which

This work addresses investment in earthquake loss prevention strategies and technologies as part of new construction or retrofitting/rehabilitation projects. It is also proposed a more generalized framework for a Community Earthquake Risk Reduction Model