Towards resilient non-engineered construction: Guide for risk-informed policy making
This publication aims at policy makers and leading engineers for formulating necessary policies and technical training for securing safety on non-engineered construction. The publication includes information and case studies as well as an overview of gaps in this subject, damage of the construction and engineering/social/academic approaches, dissemination measures of technical guidelines and good practices to support policy makers and leading engineers. The publication also has a chapter that addresses the significance of gender issues in non-engineered construction.
The document proposes the following steps to take for safer non-engineered houses (pp. 140-141):
- start at a good entry point: For this approach, it is essential to draw a roadmap and expand the scope of activities in the next steps on it;
- prepare a strategic approach based on total perspective: Based on a complete survey for all the relevant items, the total perspective on the issues of a country should be prepared in order to identify weak points;
- use the multiplication of a trigger activity: Where a small but high potential activity is going on, it will be another effective approach to focus on and multiply in neighbouring areas;
- expand the scope of comprehensive projects: Where successful comprehensive types of projects are going on, such as community development, a possible approach is to add a component concerning safer houses.
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