A Building In ventory & Building Typology Analysis in the Kathmandu Valley for Earthquake Disaster Assessment

Abstract

A building inventory is important not only for building damage estimation due to earthquakes,but also for earthquake disaster management planning"The study on earthquake disaster mitigation in the Kathmandu Valley (JICA,2002)"was conducted to evaluate building vulnerability to strong earthquakes.However,until then,only partial databases on the existing buildings in the Valley have been prepared.A questionnaire format was newly developed.69 sample areas were selected by the stratification multistage extraction method,and 1,183 buildings (0.4% of the Valley)were surveyed.Their results provided the outline of natures and characteristics in the Valley,and then,they were utilized to the damage assessment as well as the earthquake disaster management planning.