Supporting Actions to Increase Seismic Response in Areas with Potential for Disaster

Abstract

Seismic resilience of urban community is ensured also through organization and preparation of technical activities in order to build a post-seismic investigation capacity. Thus, some elements are necessary: responsible structures, competencies and specific legislative references for the management of post-earthquake response measures, at central and local level; information resources; collection and storage of information related on the existing built fund; computerized databases - creation, maintenance and management of information; organizing the keeping of the primary documents of the investigations; training of inspectors and technical staff; material resources; stocks of materials strictly necessary in the event of an earthquake for the implementation of emergency response measures; buffer spaces for sheltering persons evacuated from unsafe damaged area etc. The paper presents in this context the role of the building instrumentation before and after the incidence of severe earthquakes. An interdisciplinary investigation system in-situ and with advanced techniques of the effects on buildings with different functions, in emergencies produced by powerful earthquakes is also defined. The level reached by the research studies within NIRD URBAN-INCERC and the future premises for development in this direction will be reviewed, as a safety necessity and as a European requirement.