Managing Hazards From Earthquakes Flashcards
Nepal
Cannot prevent or modify
deforestation affect - Nepalese forest under pressure for fuel,building materials and fodder for livestock
Vulnerability
N society for earthquake technology
Preparedness network
Mapping high areas and building codes
Need of emergency bags with essential items - water,whistle,tablets,dried food
Education - earthquake day - Japan 1st September
Loss
330 humanitarian organisations were involved in the aftermath - Nepal housing reconstruction project
Red Cross and other EU countries
Risk maps for Bharactpur city - 30% could have been killed but were not and they escaped damage Away from Kathmandu
Aid struggled to get to the remote villages
Japan
Vulnerability
JMA - information and warnings with military transport and power
Asesmic designs reinforcement
Difficult sites
Complex designs, profiles and shock absorbers including a soft storey eg, car park
Better than ridged designs
Land use zoning - open space for after an earthquake
Fire proof
Loss
Well rehearsed recovery
Kobe - restrengthening structures in 1995
