EERI & IAEEs

World Housing Encyclopedia

: Towards EQ Safe Houses Worldwide
C. V. R. Murty, IIT Kanpur, India Marjorie Greene, EERI, USA Svetlana N. Brzev, BCIT, Canada Craig Comartin, EERI, USA

International Workshop on International Platforms for Disaster Reduction Tsukuba, JAPAN 3-4 October 2007

The World Housing Encyclopedia

Web-based Housing Encyclopedia Hosted by EERI and IAEE

www.world-housing.net
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Web-based Housing Encyclopedia

www . world-housing . net

Web-based Housing Encyclopedia

The World Housing Encyclopedia

Strengths
a unique platform documenting many types of housing construction practiced across the world the only place where
architecture & engineering professionals academics and students

learn earthquake-resistant technologies

improve seismic safety of housing in their regions

a voluntary effort
Over 185 participants from 45 countries
Research-minded community

Goals
To share
knowledge on housing construction practices and post-earthquake shelters experiences

To encourage
earthquake-resistant technologies and materials

To develop
guidelines & technical resources for improving seismically vulnerable construction

To offer services & technical support to

communities across the world on earthquake resistant housing technologies
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How WHE Initiative Emerged

Origin
Idea of Chris Arnold (Architect, USA)
Special Projects Committee of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (USA)

Gave seed funding in 1999 Svetlana N. Brzev (CAN) identified Project Chair
Founder Editor-in-Chief

2004 Pavia Workshop

Face to face with contributors

Contents of Information

Contents
A Website with
Housing Construction Reports
Post-Earthquake Shelter Reports

General resources
Tutorials on improving vulnerable constructions Documents on earthquake resistant technologies available on web Animations on concepts related to earthquake behaviour of buildings PowerPoint presentations on earthquake safety in buildings

Contents

Housing Construction Reports

108 housing construction reports from earthquake-prone areas of the world currently visible on the web site
30 more under development

Submitted from 40 countries Edited & reviewed by an international Editorial Board

23 members 16 countries

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Contents

Housing Construction Reports

Encouraging new entries
Particularly from countries not well-represented currently
China Egypt Japan Mexico New Zealand USA

to continue growing into a truly global resource on earthquake-resistant housing construction practices
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Tutorials
Expanding its proactive role in promoting earthquake-resistant construction
Developing technical resources
Adobe Confined Masonry Reinforced Concrete Frames Stone Masonry Brick Masonry Concrete Shear Walls Precast Concrete Timber Advanced Technologies

Play an active role to facilitate use of these materials in post-disaster reconstruction projects
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Major Users - Currently

Worldwide
Academia
Professors and Students :: Architecture and Engineering colleges

Professionals
Architects and Engineers

A few GOs and NGOs

In Individual Countries
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Specific Thoughts
2000-2007

Future Directions
Web-site clearinghouse
To host a section on the Website that can function as a moderated clearinghouse
Post information on community training programs Share resources Training curricula, posters, reports, presentations

Translate resources into various languages

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Future Directions

WHE to offer Technical Support

Reach out to engineers, NGOs & others to make the resources of the site better known
PAGER (USGS) Project
Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response

New Zealand and Pakistan

Stone Masonry Tutorial

Cater to a wider, non-engineering audience

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Future Directions

WHE - a resource for post-earthquake management

WHEs wide network of professionals as technical experts

Temporary Shelter Designs documented on the WHE web-site Post-earthquake Field Surveys and technical support to affected countries on reconstruction strategies Seismic Retrofitting of Houses
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Future Directions

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Future Directions

Implementing International Norms for Earthquake Safety Programs

Developed by IAEE & IASPEI
For ALL constructions
Common Minimum Expectation from EQ Safety Programs Steered by Countries Worldwide

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In closure
WORLD HOUSING ENCYCLOPEDIA wishes to run the last mile with Information Users working towards earthquake safety of housing worldwide
through its partners

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Acknowledgements
Professor Hiroyuki Kameda, NIED, JAPAN Japan Science and Technology Agency, JAPAN Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, USA

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Thank you

WHE Editorial Board

C.V.R. Murty (India) : Editor-In-Chief Marjorie Greene (USA) : Managing Editor Members ::
Vanja Alendar (Slovenia) Christopher Arnold (USA) Marcial Blondet (Peru) Svetlana N. Brzev (Canada) Sheldon Cherry (Canada) Dina DAyala (UK) Jorge Gutierrez (Costa Rica) Chitr Lilavivat (Thailand) Kimiro Meguro (Japan) Farzad Naeim (USA) Virginia Rodriguez (Argentina) Qaisar Ali (Pakistan) Sun Baito (China) Jitendra K. Bothara (Nepal) Andrew W. Charleson (NZ) Craig Comartin (USA) Heidi Faison (USA) Andreas J. Kappos (Greece) Marjana Lutman (Slovenia) Ofelia Moroni (Chile) Jelena Pentelic (USA) Laura Samant (USA) 24 from 16 countries

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