Open AccessA progress report on the Earthquake Hazard Centre
Author(s) -
Andrew Charleson
Publication year - 1999
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.32.4.257-259
Subject(s) - commonwealth , context (archaeology) , research centre , hazard , seismic risk , developing country , resource (disambiguation) , seismic hazard , political science , engineering , geography , economic growth , civil engineering , library science , computer science , economics , archaeology , computer network , chemistry , organic chemistry , law
This report outlines the current progress of the Earthquake Hazard Centre, a seismic hazard reduction resource centre for developing Commonwealth countries which was established some two and a half years ago. The Centre aims to encourage developing countries to adopt basic building seismic design and construction practices that are taken for granted in more developed countries. After backgrounding the context in which the Centre was initiated, the report describes the Centre's networks and its primary publication, the quarterly newsletter. A financial report is included, and finally, possibilities for future development are suggested.