Lessons for Central Asia from Armenia and Sakhalin : Strategies for urban, earthquake risk, management for the Central Asian Republics

ABSTRACT

Central Asia's earthquake activity has long benn recognized as one of the highest in the world, but the extreme vulnerability of its soviet-area residential buildings was realized only after two recent earthquakes otuside the region. This document refers to the urgency of addressing Central Asia's urban earthquake risk. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a workshop held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from October22-25, 1996. It involved more than 50 experts from fields of seismology, earthquake resistant design, and urgency response from across Central Asia and around the world