World Bank2017-07-172017-07-172010https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27604Strong earthquakes strike frequently countries in East Asia and the Pacific, causing building collapses and extensive damage to infrastructure and, when centered near populated areas, heavy life losses. Urban areas, with their increasing concentrations of population and infrastructure, are particularly at risk from catastrophic losses with far-reaching economic repercussions and human loss. The next earthquake and other large earthquakes in the East Asia region in the near future are inevitable. This paper aims at delivering the best science, risk analysis, and engineering available to help policy makers and particularly those directly responsible for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery to anticipate and prepare for earthquakes and build safer, more resilient societies. In particular, this paper emphasizes the strengthening of existing schools, hospitals and specific infrastructure that should result in the largest possible life loss reduction and the largest possible financial loss reduction in the public sector. The objective of this paper is to help to reduce earthquake risk through promoting safer construction, disseminating good practice for new and existing infrastructure, increasing the level of preparedness, and, particularly, promoting a decrease in existing risk and saving lives through strengthening of existing important public infrastructure.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOARCHITECTUREBUILDING CODEBUILDING CODESCASUALTIESCATALYSTSCATASTROPHIC LOSSESCIVIL ENGINEERINGCIVIL ENGINEERSCOLLAPSED BUILDINGSDAMSDEVASTATIONDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDISASTERDISASTER MITIGATIONDISASTER PREVENTIONDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RISKDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDISASTERSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSDOCUMENTSEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGEARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTIONEARTHQUAKESELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER GENERATIONEMERGENCY FACILITIESEMERGENCY MANAGEMENTEMERGENCY PREPAREDNESSEMERGENCY RESPONSEENGINEERING DESIGNENGINEERING FIRMSENGINEERING RESEARCHENGINEERSENGINESFATALITIESFIREFIRE STATIONSHOSPITALHUMAN LIFEINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONLANDSLIDESLARGE CITIESLEGISLATIVE ACTIONSMECHANICAL SYSTEMSMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOTIONNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATURAL HAZARDNATURAL HAZARDSPEACEPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOWER PLANTSPOWER SYSTEMSPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC SUPPORTPUBLIC WORKSQUALITY ASSURANCERISK ANALYSISRISK ASSESSMENTRISK REDUCTIONRIVERSSAFETYSAVINGSSCHOOL BUILDINGSSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGTECHNICAL CAPACITYTECHNICAL INFORMATIONTOOLSTSUNAMITSUNAMISURBAN AREASVIADUCTSVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE STRUCTURESWARNING SYSTEMSWORLD CONFERENCEPolicy NoteWorld Bank10.1596/27604