Keeping Schools Safe in Earthquakes [electronic resource].
Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2004.
Earthquake-prone communities need earthquake-resistant schools. In 2002, a primary school in San Giuliano, Italy, collapsed killing 29 children and one teacher. In May 2003, a medium-sized earthquake in the city of Bingöl, Turkey, caused the collapse of three new schools and a dormitory, killing many children as they slept.
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FOREWORD; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; READER'S GUIDE; ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS; PART I: RECOGNISING THE OBSTACLES TO IMPROVING SEISMIC SAFETY OF SCHOOLS; PART II: DEFINING SEISMIC SAFETY PRINCIPLES FOR SCHOOLS; PART III: ASSESSING VULNERABILITY AND RISKS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PART IV: IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL SEISMIC SAFETY; PART V: TAKING AN INITIAL STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS: AD HOC EXPERTS' GROUP REPORT ON EARTHQUAKE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS
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Earthquake-prone communities need earthquake-resistant schools. In 2002, a primary school in San Giuliano, Italy, collapsed killing 29 children and one teacher. In May 2003, a medium-sized earthquake in the city of Bingöl, Turkey, caused the collapse of three new schools and a dormitory, killing many children as they slept.
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