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Structural safety

Any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards, or the application of engineering techniques or technology to achieve hazard resistance and resilience in structures or systems. Disaster mitigation, such as retrofitting and implementing building codes is a key disaster risk management activity.

ISO 22372 sets the first international reference point for safer, more reliable and risk-informed infrastructure.

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Install mobile flood barriers to keep flood waters out. Apply waterproof coatings to protect exteriors from water damage. Build raised entrances to increase thresholds above flood levels.

Straits Times, the
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Studies of the aftermath of fast-moving wildfires like the Carr Fire in Shasta County and the Camp Fire in Butte County , both in 2018, show that blazes can flatten entire neighborhoods, leaving only one or two houses standing.

USA Today - Gannet Co. Inc.
Community-led drainage construction to reduce prolonged flooding thumbnail
Documents and publications

This solutions brief shares practical and replicable local knowledge of this approach in Nij Goddimari village in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, a community which faces chronic flooding and waterlogging due to its proximity to the Saniajan River.

Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
Seismic capacity survey and earthquake risk assessment of self-built buildings in rural areas of Shanghai Municipality thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study conducted field research and theoretical calculations to gain an overall understanding of the seismic performance of these buildings.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Rethinking architectural education post-disaster: an analytical framework for curricular transformation after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the presence and evolution of disaster and earthquake-focused courses in Turkish public and foundation universities between 2022 and 2025.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature)
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Japan's government has approved a revised plan to prepare for a major earthquake centered on the greater Tokyo area.

NHK World, Japan International Broadcasting
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The Netherlands has spent decades building and perfecting one of the most sophisticated water-defense systems in the world.

Cable News Network
Modern high-rise buildings with vertical greenery and integrated plants on facade connected by skybridge.
Research briefs

Green wall installation can provide cooling effects for both indoor and outdoor environments.

Osaka Metropolitan University
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