A Study on Possibility of Enhancement of Seismic Safety of Housing in Reconstrction Procedures in Developing Countries

- A Case Study of Cenrtal Java Earthquake 2006 in Indonesia -

Abstract

This study aims at seismic safety improvement of non-engineered houses through earthquake reconstruction procedures in developing countries based on the “build back better” philosophy． This article focuses on a case study on Central Java earthquake in Indonesia, 2006． Based on comparison of houses before-after the earthquake and the survey of people and construction workers on recognition/understanding of safety structures, we see improvement in employment of RC frames and industrialized construction material, and enhancement of awareness of importance of seismic design． However we also see poor construction practice in construction sites． This implies that we should make more efforts to disseminate technical knowledge to people and workers．