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Subject
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EQ Disaster Risk Reduction: The Construction Sector Standpoint
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Date
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14.07.09
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Time
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13:30 -18:00
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Room
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Type
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Special Session
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Description
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The session will focus on the issues and initiatives carried out worldwide for the mitigation of earthquake risk of building structures and industrial facilities. The session will first address the lessons learned from earthquakes, identifying the vulnerability aspects of building structures by comparing the response of old structures with that of newer ones designed with different levels of seismic protection. The session will move to the discussion of the role of construction standards in mitigating the damage of new constructions and to the activities carried out in research through experimental testing for improving the seismic performance of existing structures and for the calibration and updating of construction standards. Fundamental for the mitigation of earthquake risk is ensuring effective communication, which will be addressed in the session by the development of tools com compute the likelihood of an earthquake and forecast the resulting losses in lives and property, enabling users to evaluate the benefit of building code enforcement and of insurance coverage in any location. Lastly, the session will close with the lessons learned from earthquake disasters on mitigating the effects caused by technological accidents, such as the release of hazardous materials, fires or explosions, triggered by natural disasters.
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Conveners
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Michel Géradin
JRC, European Commission, Belgium
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Fabio Taucer
Joint Research Centre Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment Unit
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Speakers
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Baitao Sun
IEM, China
Subject: Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster and its Relief Onsite
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Elisabeth Krausmann
JRC, European Commission
Subject: Earthquake-triggered Accidents to Industrial Facilities: Lessons Learned from the Wenchuan Earthquake
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Michel Géradin
JRC, European Commission, Belgian
Subject: The Lessons Learned from the Central Italy Earthquake of April 6, 2009
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Rui Pinho
GEM Foundation, Pavia, Italy
Subject: GEM: A Public-private Partnership Initiated by the OECD to Build an Independent Standard for Modeling, Monitoring, and Communicating Earthquake Risk Worldwide
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Wensheng Lu
Tongji University, China
Subject: Large Facilities for Earthquake Risk Mitigation: The Large Shaking Table Array at Tongji University
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