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Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
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One of the objectives of a GFDRR funded project in Armenia (Institutional Arrangements on Disaster Risk Management and Reduction) is awareness building among the decision makers, professional engineering and construction community, and local self-governments on the modern, anti-seismic technologies successfully developed and implemented in Armenia. To raise awareness on the seismic isolation technology it was decided to first evaluate the functioning of all seismic isolation systems in the already constructed buildings in Armenia. Then based on the carried out observations to analyze the results, to draw lessons from the findings and to present the conclusions and recommendations to the wider engineering and construction community, as well as to the decision makers in the construction industry. For that purpose monitoring and evaluation of the technical conditions of the seismic isolation systems in the buildings which were seismically isolated for more than a decade ago was carried out. This initiative was very useful, as it helped to answer to the frequently asked questions and concerns on the sustainability and effectiveness of the technology, of the seismic isolators. It also helped to draw lessons and recommend solutions for improving their construction and maintenance practices.
Appliances --- Earthquakes --- Engineering --- Environment --- Flexibility --- Natural Disaster Management --- Natural Disasters --- Precipitation --- Quality Control --- Science and Technology Development --- Social Protection and Risk Management --- Urban Development --- Urban Housing
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Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
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This report addresses the fact that natural disasters have caused vast social upheaval and economic damage to Armenia. This ongoing vulnerability to natural disasters has led Armenia to appreciate the advantages of developing a comprehensive strategy to help minimize ensuing fiscal exposure because the national budget will never be adequate to mitigate, respond, and recover from these recurrent but unavoidable crises. Since the Spitak earthquake, Government has reorganized its emergency management system and established many seismic mitigation activities and created a Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) and established a cabinet-level Minister responsible for disaster response. Government may wish to build on these achievements. The report is also based on a study carried out in Armenia under the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) project, which analyzed disaster risks, assessed existing systems, mechanisms, and institutional capacities, and made recommendations for developing a comprehensive national disaster reduction and preparedness agenda, which could form the basis for a natural disaster reduction project.
Building Codes --- Conflict and Development --- Crime --- Dams --- Disaster Management --- Drainage --- Droughts --- Early Warning Systems --- Earthquakes --- Economic Costs --- Emergency Preparedness --- Employment --- Engineering --- Environment --- Floods --- Food Security --- Fuels --- Groundwater --- Hazard Risk Management --- Heating --- Human Capital --- Hurricanes --- Injuries --- Innovation --- Insurance --- Irrigation --- Labor Policies --- Landslides --- Natural Disaster Management --- Natural Disasters --- Natural Gas --- Pipelines --- Productivity --- Property Rights --- Public Safety --- Quality Assurance --- Reservoirs --- Risk Assessment --- Sanitation --- Savings --- Science and Technology Development --- Social Protection and Risk Management --- Social Protections and Labor --- Temperature --- Transport --- Unemployment --- Urban Development --- Water Supply
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