12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
[P-32] Long term recovery and resilience construct- The lessons learned from Jiji earthquake
Keywords:Jiji earthquake, recovery, resilience, risk reduction education, seismic retrofit
870 school buildings collapsed during the 1999 921 Jiji earthquake in Taiwan, it was indeed a mercy that it occurred in early morning, no massive casualties of school faculty and students were reported. In order to understand how the Taiwanese authority improve the safety of campus, this study conducts in-depth interviews to teachers and students from the affected schools, analyzes records of the damaged schools and collected data to understand the pre-disaster and post-disaster situation of the school. Based on safe school framework, this study explores disaster management and restoration designed for schools, from safe learning facilities, school disaster management, and risk reduction and resilience education, that includes seismic retrofit of school buildings and reinforcement of building safety. Through the comprehensive promotion of disaster prevention education to construct school disaster prevention system, outline disaster prevention plan, as well as develop teaching materials and exercise drills to strengthen disaster resilience of campus.