THE EFFICIENCY OF BUILDING CODES FOR EARTHQUAKE RISK REDUCTION
Disaster Management for Housing
2000 Volume 2 Pages 243-250
Details
2000 Volume 2 Pages 243-250
This paper addresses disaster management for housing.The measures against housing damage after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster were first classified.This paper focuses on mitigation,which is essential measure for disaster management.The success and limitations of building codes as mitigation measure are clarified by case study of Nishinomiya City.The variable of measurement for mtigation are also examined.The following facts were acquired in this paper:(1) Though the building codes are effective to reduce the risk of the dmage,the management of building code did not work well.(2)In engineered building,the amendment in 1981 was effective to reduce the rate of moderate damage.(3) Information dissemination system for building safety has been improved after Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster.
