Building Regulation for Resilience : Managing Risks for Safer Cities

The global toll of human suffering and material loss due to disasters has led to growing public concern and expanded institutional response in the form of disaster relief and recovery assistance from individuals, governments, and intergovernmental...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	BUILDING CULTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH DISASTER RECOVERY VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION LOCAL CUSTOMS BUILDING COMPONENTS CONFINED MASONRY TIME CYCLONE EARTHQUAKE SAFETY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT BUILDING TRADES VERNACULAR BUILDINGS BUILDING CODE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HERITAGE INFILL CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS HISTORICAL DATA OWNERSHIP CITIES GREAT EARTHQUAKES SEISMIC CODE MASONRY LITERACY PRESS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LAND PROTECTION REINFORCED CONCRETE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE ARCHIVES TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION MASONRY CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES CONSTRUCTION PERMIT CONSTRUCTION TYPES BUILDING STANDARDS CUSTOMS BUILDING QUALITY LOCAL CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES MINISTRIES SEISMOLOGY BUILDING TRADITIONS ATTRACTIONS ADOBE GARDENS LEARNING INDICATORS LOCAL BUILDERS LOCAL SKILLS HISTORY STANDARDS APPROVAL PROCESS DOCUMENTATION INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PUBLISHING ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE EARTHQUAKE CONSTRUCTION TYPE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE DISASTER RISK SCIENCE MASONRY UNITS DRAWINGS SEISMIC ACTIVITY BASIC BUILDING ENVIRONMENT RENOVATION CONCRETE BUILDINGS BUILDING APPLICATIONS MASONRY INFILL TOURISM INFILL BUILDING INDUSTRY CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ARCHITECT LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS TRADITIONAL BUILDING PRACTICES BUILDING PERMITS URBAN DEVELOPMENT SEISMIC BEHAVIOR DAMAGED BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION STANDARD PERCEPTION TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES HURRICANE ADOBE WALLS HOTELS ASSIMILATION ADOBE HOUSES SEISMIC AREAS BUILDING TECHNIQUES GEOGRAPHY BUILDING DECISIONS BUILDING CODES BUILDING TYPE SEISMIC SAFETY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SEISMIC FORCES SOCIAL COHESION URBAN UPGRADING BUILDING PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION WORKS MUDSLIDES MEMORY MASONS SEISMIC EVENTS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SEISMIC RISKS ICONS SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ADVISORY SERVICES CRAFT ARCHITECTS URBANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EARTHQUAKE RISK HERITAGE RAPID URBANIZATION BUILDING TYPES BUILDING MATERIALS BUILDINGS EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ART BUILDING DESIGN UNREINFORCED MASONRY ASSOCIATIONS BUILDING REGULATION TRADITIONAL FORM BUILDING SECTOR LANGUAGE EARTHQUAKES CULTURE BUILDING APPLICATION CONSTRUCTION PLANS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TELEVISION DISASTER RELIEF BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONCRETE BLOCK ENABLING LEGISLATION TRADITIONAL MATERIALS CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RESPONSE BUILDING PRACTICE SEISMIC RISK INDIGENOUS MATERIALS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SEISMIC FORCE CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION LEGISLATION EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING LIME ORIGINAL BUILDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE VULNERABLE AREAS ARTISANS VULNERABLE BUILDINGS VULNERABLE STRUCTURES ZONING CODE BUILDING STOCK BUILDING PERFORMANCE UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS TRAVEL DISASTER REDUCTION URBAN PLANNING SCHOOLS SEISMIC ZONES MASONRY BUILDINGS SEISMIC DESIGN PHILOSOPHY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT WOODEN STRUCTURES DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CONSTRUCTION WORK LOCAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION QUALITY STORIES EARTHEN BUILDINGS BRIDGE SEISMIC HAZARD EARTHQUAKE FORCES HISTORIC PRESERVATION APPROPRIATE CONTROLS CONSTRUCTION METHODS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION BUILDING PRACTICES CONSERVATION HAZARD INSURANCE RUBBLE BUILDING OWNERS DISASTER RISKS ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE TRUSTS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION BUILDING REGULATIONS CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE BUILDING INVESTMENTS BUILDING SECTORS BUILDING COLLAPSE CONSTRUCTION SITES TRADITIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS PRESERVATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25661849/building-regulation-resilience-managing-risks-safer-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24438

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Summary:	The global toll of human suffering and material loss due to disasters has led to growing public concern and expanded institutional response in the form of disaster relief and recovery assistance from individuals, governments, and intergovernmental organizations. Initial humanitarian concern has primarily been focused on dealing with the consequences of disasters. However, we must begin to address the causes of these events while ensuring the implementation of policies to reduce disaster risks or losses. Low- and middle-income countries will experience a doubling of their building stocks in the next 15- 20 years, and it is crucial to assure that this new construction does not recreate and expand the disaster vulnerability of the present. Priority must be placed on the production of safe and resilient cities, communities, and homes. While safer, code-compliant construction may add to initial construction costs, these investments can be balanced against the reduced loss of life and property in future disasters. The agenda provides the international community with an opportunity to leverage regulatory governance as a powerful means to shift the focus from post-disaster relief and response to proactive population protection, disaster prevention, and sustainable and resilient urban development.

Building Regulation for Resilience : Managing Risks for Safer Cities

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