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000009554 04107 $$aeng
000009554 046__ $$k2008-10-12
000009554 100__ $$aBlondet, Marcial
000009554 24500 $$aA Human Development Approach for the Construction of Safe and Healthy Adobe Houses in Seismic Areas

000009554 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000009554 520__ $$2eng$$aThe Pisco, Peru, earthquake of August 15th 2007 caused the death of 593 persons, the destruction of almost one hundred thousand houses and many historical monuments, built mainly with adobe. The Peruvian government promptly created a special agency to manage the reconstruction process (FORSUR). All the citizens who lost their home would receive a universal reconstruction bonus (about US $2000), and those who qualify would be offered a low-interest loan to buy new housing made with confined masonry. Unfortunately, many thousands of families do not qualify for the loan, and will have to rebuild their homes only with the small bonus offered by the government. This paper presents a proposal developed by the Catholic University of Peru and CARE Peru for the dissemination, training and construction of new earthquake-resistant and healthy houses made of reinforced adobe, to be built by low-income families. The philosophy behind the proposal is that the communities involved in the reconstruction process should not be mere recipients of external aid, but should be agents of their own development. An important goal of the process is therefore the development of the capacities of the participants in such a way that in the future they will be capable of building safe and healthy adobe houses. The proposal involves the development of educational materials, dissemination strategies for improving adobe construction, training of the community builders, logistics of materials purchase, and supervision of the construction by the home owners, and follow-up of the quality of future construction with adobe.

000009554 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000009554 653__ $$adevelopment, capabilities, adobe, reconstruction, safe and healthy housing.

000009554 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000009554 720__ $$aBlondet, Marcial$$iVargas, J.$$iPatron, Pepi$$iStanojevich, Milo$$iRubiños, A.
000009554 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000009554 8564_ $$s496947$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/9554/files/S23-014.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: S23-014.
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