Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
31 Mar 2001, 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Abstract
In 1998, the Secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and GeoHazards International (GHI) launched the understanding Urban Seismic Risk around the World (UUSRAW) project. The 18-month project established an internet network of 74 seismically active cities worldwide to compare their earthquake hazard and to share their experiences and resources in working to reduce the impact of future earthquakes. In each city, a local scientist or municipal officer gathered the information necessary to conduct the comparative assessment using the Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (Davidson, 1997), a composite index used to assesses risk based on several factors. The comparative assessment and other project results, including a compilation of city profiles that systematically describe the key elements of each participating city’s earthquake risk and its risk management practices, as well as a compilation of more than 60 risk management efforts from 27 cities, will be included in a formal report published by the United Nations. Although work continues in developing a technically sound, widely accepted assessment of the earthquake risk and risk management practices of cities worldwide, the UUSRAW project represents a significant first step in establishing a worldwide network of earthquake professionals and helping cities share experiences and learn from each other more effectively.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cardona, Cynthia; Davidson, Rachel; and Villacís, Carlos, "A Project to Study Urban Earthquake Risk Worldwide" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session11/1
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A Project to Study Urban Earthquake Risk Worldwide
San Diego, California
In 1998, the Secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and GeoHazards International (GHI) launched the understanding Urban Seismic Risk around the World (UUSRAW) project. The 18-month project established an internet network of 74 seismically active cities worldwide to compare their earthquake hazard and to share their experiences and resources in working to reduce the impact of future earthquakes. In each city, a local scientist or municipal officer gathered the information necessary to conduct the comparative assessment using the Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (Davidson, 1997), a composite index used to assesses risk based on several factors. The comparative assessment and other project results, including a compilation of city profiles that systematically describe the key elements of each participating city’s earthquake risk and its risk management practices, as well as a compilation of more than 60 risk management efforts from 27 cities, will be included in a formal report published by the United Nations. Although work continues in developing a technically sound, widely accepted assessment of the earthquake risk and risk management practices of cities worldwide, the UUSRAW project represents a significant first step in establishing a worldwide network of earthquake professionals and helping cities share experiences and learn from each other more effectively.
