It is not too late: preparing for Asia’s next big earthquake

With emphasis on the Philippines, Indonesia and China:

This draft publication explains 'what East Asia and the Pacific can do to prepare for the next big earthquake: developing and implementing regional and countrywide strengthening programs for vulnerable structures'. It describes: (i) the key challenges in earthquake risk management and what to do about them, with emphasis on the highly vulnerable public buildings and infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, as well as critical government buildings such as fire stations; (ii) the risk assessments programmes phases; and (iii) a recommended implementation plan for earthquake risk management, including short to long-term actions.

It also highlights the effects of recent earthquakes in the Philippines, Indonesia and China and their characteristics, and builds a case study from the history of earthquake engineering and earthquake risk reduction in California, asserting that this is what East Asian and Pacific countries would need to do, as well as from the Istanbul Seismic Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Programme (ISMEP), which is presented as an example of a successful and on-going earthquake risk management program.