Structural safety

Disaster management occupies an important place in India’s policy framework as it is the poor and the under-privileged who are worst affected on account of calamities/disasters.

Estos estudios han aportado valiosos conocimientos para la adecuada protección del patrimonio arquitectónico y cultural construido con
estos materiales ancestrales, característicos en el territorio nacional. Por esta razón su aplicación contribuye a la

SEISMCARE, a new assembly created by the French Directorate for the Environment has been established to gather officials and experts involved in seismic prevention, mitigation and remediation for the Caribbean...

After thousands of schools were destroyed, the effort to 'build back better' - former President Bill Clinton's slogan for the recovery process - seems to be succeeding in school reconstruction in Banda Aceh...

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Recopilación de Herramientas para la Gestión Local del Riesgo, realizada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos, UN-Habitat con el apoyo del International Development Research Centre – IDRC (Canadá), en el marco

According to a recent survey carried out by Lu Yongxiang, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, many primary and middle school buildings have safety problems...

Critical infrastructure such as hospitals and schools must meet earthquake-resistance standards higher than other buildings in the same areas, according to new legislation, passed over the weekend...

Over the past year there has been accelerated progress in the construction of child-friendly and earthquake-resistant schools...