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Engineering design lessons from Kobe

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  • Adrian M. Chandler

    (University College London)

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Bringing old building stock into line with modern standards of earthquake-resistant design is a daunting and expensive task. But the damage caused by the Kobe earthquake shows that doing nothing will be even more costly.

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  • Adrian M. Chandler, 1997. "Engineering design lessons from Kobe," Nature, Nature, vol. 387(6630), pages 227-229, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:387:y:1997:i:6630:d:10.1038_387227a0
    DOI: 10.1038/387227a0
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    1. Hing-Ho Tsang, 2011. "Should we design buildings for lower-probability earthquake motion?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 58(3), pages 853-857, September.

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