National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach

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National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach
Committee on National Earthquake Resilience Research, Implementation, and Outreach; Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics; National Research Council
NAS Press | 2011 | ISBN: 0309186773 9780309186773 | 279 pages | PDF/djvu | 14/2 MB

This issue interprets resilience broadly to incorporate engineering/science (physical), social/economic (behavioral), and institutional (governing) dimensions. Resilience encompasses both pre-disaster preparedness activities and post-disaster response.

In combination, these will enhance the robustness of communities in all earthquake-vulnerable regions of our nation so that they can function adequately following damaging earthquakes. While National Earthquake Resilience is written primarily for the NEHRP, it also speaks to a broader audience of policy makers, earth scientists, and emergency managers.

Contents
SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
Earthquake Risk and Hazard
NEHRP Accomplishments—the Past 30 Years
Roadmap Context—the EERI Report and NEHRP Strategic Plan
Committee Charge and Scope of this Study
2 WHAT IS NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE?
Defining National Earthquake Resilience
Measuring Disaster Resilience
What Does an Earthquake-Resilient Community Look Like?
Dimensions of Resilience
3 ELEMENTS OF THE ROADMAP
Task 1: Physics of Earthquake Processes
Task 2: Advanced National Seismic System
Task 3: Earthquake Early Warning
Task 4: National Seismic Hazard Model
Task 5: Operational Earthquake Forecasting
Task 6: Earthquake Scenarios
Task 7: Earthquake Risk Assessments and Applications
Task 8: Post-earthquake Social Science Response and Recovery Research
Task 9: Post-earthquake Information Management
Task 10: Socioeconomic Research on Hazard Mitigation and Recovery
Task 11: Observatory Network on Community Resilience and Vulnerability
Task 12: Physics-based Simulations of Earthquake Damage and Loss
Task 13: Techniques for Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings
Task 14: Performance-based Earthquake Engineering for Buildings
Task 15: Guidelines for Earthquake-Resilient Lifeline Systems
Task 16: Next Generation Sustainable Materials, Components, and Systems
Task 17: Knowledge, Tools, and Technology Transfer to Public and Private Practice
Task 18: Earthquake-Resilient Communities and Regional Demonstration Projects
4 COSTING THE ROADMAP ELEMENTS
Explanatory Notes for Costing
5 CONCLUSIONS—ACHIEVING EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
A Summary of NEHRP Strategic Plan
B Summary of EERI Report
C Committee and Staff Biographies
D Community Workshop Attendees and Presentations to Committee
E Additional Cost Information
F Acronyms and Abbreviations

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