Open AccessWorld seismic safety initiative an IAEE undertaking
Author(s) -
Haresh C. Shah,
Tsuneo Katayama
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.26.4.445-450
Subject(s) - natural hazard , forensic engineering , hazard , natural (archaeology) , engineering , political science , geography , archaeology , meteorology , chemistry , organic chemistry
This article is based on a report from the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) on the establishment of a World Seismic Safety Initiative as part of the International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction set up by the United Nations. After describing the organisation of the WSSI, the report goes on to outline some of the projects currently under way and describes two in greater detail. These are the Workshops held earlier this year in Bangkok and Okinawa. Future plans are also outlined.