Citation
(1999), "Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.1999.07308aag.051
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes
Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes
http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/seismiccode
This Web site provides background information, an introduction, and table of contents for a new FEMA earthquake safety manual, Promoting the Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes (FEMA 313) part of FEMA's larger effort to attract and support a group of advocates interested in promoting seismic building codes and their enforcement. Working with FEMA, the University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning is seeking to promote dissemination and active use of this new resource document by providing advocates with a free copy along with guidance on how to best use the material for outreach.
The new guidebook brings together much information about seismic risks and what various communities have done to incorporate seismic provisions into their building codes. Individuals who are interested in volunteering as "delivery agents" to help promote code enforcement activities can obtain a free copy of the manual along with guidance on its use by contacting David O'Dowd/Marie McGuinness/Rajeev Thakur, University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 111 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA. Tel: (217) 244 5374; Fax: (217) 244 1717, E-mail: seismiccode@uiuc.edu.
Copies of the manual are also available free from the FEMA Publications Distribution Facility, 8231 Stayton Drive, Jessup, Maryland 20794, USA. Tel: (800) 480 2520 or (800) 646 3484; Fax: (301) 49 6378.