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• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development

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Educational Facilities and Risk Management : Natural Disasters [electronic resource]

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• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Preliminaries; Foreword; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT AND STRENGTHENING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AGAINST NATURAL HAZARDS; THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN CREATING AN EARTHQUAKE SAFER ENVIRONMENT; THE UNITED NATIONS RADIUS INITIATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF URBAN AREAS AGAINST SEISMIC DISASTERS; RISK PREVENTION AND SCHOOL BUILDING MANAGEMENT INSIGHTS FROM THE STORMS IN FRANCE IN DECEMBER 1999; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN MEXICO; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION STRATEGIES FOR TURKEY'S SCHOOLS
• EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RISK MITIGATION LESSONS LEARNED IN ICELANDTHE RESTORATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE SAFETY PLANNING IN SCHOOLS; THE STRUCTURAL RESTORATION OF EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS IN GREECE
• Earthquakes and other natural disasters are unpredictable, and often deadly. In developed and developing countries alike, the cost in human life and infrastructure is very high. The danger to schools is of particular concern, given the concentration of young people attending them, and schools' broader role in communities -- not the least of which is their common use as places of refuge after an earthquake or other disaster.
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