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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
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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

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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

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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
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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

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Contents of Information
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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

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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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Contents

• Tutorials
• Expanding its proactive role in promoting
  earthquake-resistant construction
• Developing technical resources
• Adobe Stone Masonry Confined Masonry Brick
  Masonry Reinforced Concrete Frames 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
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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

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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 Surveysand 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
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WHE Editorial Board

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