Architects and Earthquake Safe Habitats - Indian Experience of Capacity Building

Abstract eng:
Earthquake Engineering Education, so far, has been confined to Civil Engineers, whereas Architects, the prime movers and the pivot around which building industries’ planning & design moves, is oblivion of the fact that they are not playing their role which the society expects them to play. It is in this context that India launched few Capacity Building Programs, especially focused towards Architects. The paper analyzes three such programs and brings out the lessons learnt in conducting these programs. It is hoped that the Architects from world over, especially from the developing world will get inspiration from Indian experience and build their capacities for the service to the mankind in making the habitats safe from earthquake disasters.

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