Part III: Assessing vulnerability and risks to schools and other public buildings

Introduction

Chapter 11. Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule: Measuring the community’s commitment to adopting and enforcing building codes
Dennis Gage

Chapter 12. Translating earthquake hazard mitigation measures from one country to another: A case study
Christopher Rojahn

Chapter 13. Seismic risk mitigation practices in school buildings in Istanbul, Turkey
Özal Yüzügüllü, Gülay Barbarosoğlu and Mustafa Erdik

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