Alternative Title
Paper No. 12.01
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
12 Mar 1998, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Abstract
The focus of this paper is on earthquakes and earthquake-resilient communities in the United States. The paper describes what we have learned from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and how we can build upon these experiences as we continue working toward the worldwide goal of natural-hazard-resilient cities in the 21st century.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Hays, Walter W., "Toward Earthquake Resilient Cities in the 21st Century: Reduction of Community Vulnerability" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session12/1
Toward Earthquake Resilient Cities in the 21st Century: Reduction of Community Vulnerability
St. Louis, Missouri
The focus of this paper is on earthquakes and earthquake-resilient communities in the United States. The paper describes what we have learned from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and how we can build upon these experiences as we continue working toward the worldwide goal of natural-hazard-resilient cities in the 21st century.
