Zero earthquake-damage buildings: the challenge for sustainability and resilience in seismic areas Online publication date: Mon, 29-Apr-2019
by Paolo Clemente; Giovanni Bongiovanni; Giacomo Buffarini; Fernando Saitta
International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering (IJEIE), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2018
Abstract: In the past earthquakes destroyed entire civilisations; today they can also cause huge economic and environmental damage, as demonstrated by the recent seismic events. It is essential to know the territory for careful choosing the sites for new residential and industrial developments, but also to know the existing buildings in order to plan the necessary measures and establish the right priorities, taking into account the sustainability and resilience requirements. Analysis and interventions, in fact, cannot ignore the need of not 'turning mortgage that our children are not able to pay off' by either that to obtain a significant reduction of the damage is also essential to increase the ability to 'recover quickly after a disaster'. Designing 'zero earthquake-damage buildings' is certainly the best solution both for sustainability and resilience.
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