Can buildings be made earthquake-safe?

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5771, 2006, Pages 204-206

  Comerio, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING DESIGNS; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOW-TECH SOLUTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC DESIGN;

BUILDING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645821884     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126302     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. M. C. Comerio, Disaster Hits Home: New Policy for Urban Housing Recovery (Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1998).
2. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, World Housing Encyclopedia (2006); www.world-housing.net/
3. J. Touaillon, U.S. Patent 99, 973 (1870).
4. S. Tobriner, Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco 1838-1933 (Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA, 2006).
5. P. Fajfar, H. Krawinkler, Eds. Performance-Based Seismic Design Concepts and Implementation, PEER Report 2004/05 (Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, 2004).