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Newsletter
Novel Approaches
Our efforts that protect people from disasters are not limited to what has been done before. Each community has its unique context. What works in one may fail in another.
That’s why we develop approaches that are both locally-appropriate and feasible. Our role is catalyst and advisor. By harnessing local ingenuity, our programs empower societies to take on their challenges with confidence, now and in the future, based in science and evidence, inclusion.
Videos
“A few years down the line, we could be really proud and say, we remember that time, so many years ago, when we made the first earthquake table in Bhutan.”
Ido Bruno
Industrial designer and professor, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel.
Projects
“I saw and sensed the magnitude of agony and suffering as well as the loss of lives in Aceh after the tsunami disaster of 2004, as the highest ranking Indonesian official supervising the rescue and evacuation of victims. This painful experience motivated me to support the noble endeavor of constructing a Tsunami Evacuation Park that will save more lives and mitigate more suffering,”
Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab
former foreign minister of Indonesia
Blog
Home Coming: A Story About How a Strong Earthquake Affects a Family with 'Left-Behind' Children, English-public version, was awarded first prize (book series) in the 2020 International Contest for Science Communication on Earthquake Preparedness and Disaster Reduction.
organized by Seismological Society of China
sponsored by International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) and Asian Seismological Commission
Publications
Home Coming (Technical): A story about how a strong earthquake affects a family with "left-behind" children in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, China.
2019
Follows a family impacted by a major earthquake in central China, where the deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1556. This more technical version for public officials and decision makers. There is a separate version, in graphic novel format, for non-technical readers including rural families and youth (see above).
Home Coming (Graphic Novel): A story about how a strong earthquake affects a family with "left-behind" children in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, China.
2019
Follows a family impacted by a major earthquake in central China, where the deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1556. This version, in graphic novel format, is for non-technical readers including rural families and youth. There is a separate more technical version for public officials and decision makers (see below).
Guidance on Developing Messages for Protective Actions to Take During Earthquake Shaking
2018
What people should do during earthquake shaking, to protect themselves from injury or death? It depends. Evidence-based guidance describes a process and key considerations for creating effective messages for different contexts.
Protective Actions Implementation Workbook
2018
This workbook follows the steps to implement a messaging program about what to do during earthquake shaking given the local risk, building types, and other factors. This is a companion to Guidance on Developing Messages for Protective Actions to Take During Earthquake Shaking.
Background Papers and Supplementary Technical Information: Guidance on Developing Messages for Protective Actions to Take During Earthquake Shaking
2015
Epidemiology of Deaths and Earthquake Injuries,
Protective Action in Immediate Fuse Events: a Literature Review,
Designing Risk Communication Programs to Promote Adaptive Human Behavior During Earthquakes and Tsunamis,
On the Nature of Strong Ground Motions during Damaging Earthquakes,
Understanding and Mitigating Building Collapses,
Public perceptions of protective action, survey in three countries,
Summary of discussions with an international group of disaster messaging professionals
Conceptual Seismic Design Guidance for New Framed Infill Buildings
2014
This manual for engineers and designers explains how the building type known as concrete-frames-with-masonry-infill-walls can be designed and built for greater seismic safety. Around the globe, this common building type has been lethal in earthquakes. Five affordable strategies are presented.
