Resource List: Earthquakes

Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, ASCE/SEI 41-06

The Missing Piece: Improving Seismic Design and Construction Practices
By Applied Technology Council (ATC)

Designing for Earthquakes: A Manual for Architects

Training Materials for Seismic Retrofit of Wood-Frame Homes

General Guidelines for the Assessment and Repair of Earthquake Damage in Residential Woodframe Buildings

Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Reconstruction and New Construction of Masonry Buildings in Jammu and Kashmir State

Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings, Second Edition (2006)
By Edmund Booth and David Key

National Society for Earthquake Technology

Earthquake-Resistant Confined Masonry Construction

Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings: Basic Principles for Engineers, Architects, Building Owners, and Authorities

Design of a seismic-resistant Rural Primary School
By Anusandhan

Guidelines for Earthquake Design, Construction and Retrofitting of Buildings in Afghanistan
By UN Centre for Regional Development

Seismic Resistant Housing in Pakistan
By Article 25

Earthquake Resistant Housing in Peru
By Practical Action

Case Studies of Seismic Retrofitting – Latur to Kashmir & Lessons Learnt

Earthquake Resistant Design Manual
By Ansary, Mehedi Ahmed; Noor, Munaz Ahmed (Book ISBN: 9840802100)

Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction

Manual for Restoration and Retrofitting of Rural Structures in Kashmir: How to Reduce Vulnerability of Existing Structures in Earthquake Affected Areas of Jammu and Kashmir

Protection of Educational Building Against Earthquakes: A Manual for Designers and Builders (2002)
By Kumar Bothara, Jitendra from National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) Nepal and Guragain, Ramesh and Dixit, Amod

Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage: A Practical Guide. (Third Edition)

Architectural Design for Earthquake: A Guide to the Design of Non-Structural Elements

A Manual of Earthquake-Resistant building Practice (2008)
By Heinz Frick and Tri Hesti Mulyani Translation by Colin Small

The Quito Ecuador School Earthquake Safety Project (1995)
By A GeoHazards International Publication

Case Studies of Seismic Non-Structural Retrofitting in School Facilities (2005)
Educational Facilities Research Center, National Institute for Educational Policy Research

Seismic Retrofitting Quick Reference: School Facilities that Withstand Earthquakes, Examples of Seismic Retrofitting (2006)
By Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Protection of Educational Buildings against Earthquakes

Low-cost Construction Resistant to Earthquakes and Hurricanes (1975)
By the United Nations, New York

Small Buildings in Earthquake Areas – Educational Building Digest 2 (1973)
UNESCO, Based on the Daldy handbook –D. Moodji

School Facilities Manual Nonstructural Protection Guide (2006)
By Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Seattle Public Schools

Keeping School Safe in Earthquakes (2004)
By OECD