International Conference on Constructing Managing Earthquake Risk

30th - 31st January 2008 Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi Tentative Programme Strategies in Earthquake Risk Mitigation and Vulnerability reduction - Role of Construction Industry Towards Earthquake Risk Mitigation in India: Highlights of the National Disaster Management Guidelines on the Management of Earthquakes Post - Disaster Reconstruction Program in Gujarat Administrative and Institutional Arrangements about Disaster Resistant Structures Earthquake Risk Management for Existing Buildings Capacity and Institutional Building in Construction Industry Sustainability in Construction and Capacity Buildings in Construction Industry Earth Quake Risk Mitigation in India Approach and Strategy for the NERMP A Handbook on Seismic Retrofit of Buildings Techno - Legal Regime - Challenges for Compliance Some Critical Issues in Code of Practice for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures Standardization in the Area of Mitigation of Earthquake Hazard Techno - Financial Regime Techno - Legal Regime for Reduction: The Role of International Cooperation International Cooperation for Earthquake Risk Mitigation - Need and the Opportunities Indo - US Partnership for Capacity Buildings Considering Site Specific Acceleration Time History High Performance Rebars from Sail for Seismic Resistance Applications in RCC Construction Design Construction and Retrofitting of Buildings and Structures for Earthquake Resistance: Role of the Construction Industry in India Strategies to Mitigate Impacts of Earthquake Challenges in Best Construction Practices to Build Earthquake Resistance in Structures The Geotechnical Perspective in Strengthening of Building Slope Foundation Systems Case Studies of Seismic Retrofitting - Lessons Learnt Emerging Technologies for Earthquake Risk Reduction in Construction of Buildings Retrofitting Techniques for Bridges and Flyovers Seismic Performance Evaluation of RC Frames by Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis and Nonlinear Time - History Analysis Sustainable Development: Need for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment in Extension or Modification in Existing Buildings Urban Earthquake Vulnerability: Revisiting Some Common Interpretations of Building Rules in Urban Areas A New Concept in Earthquake Resistant Building - Supplementary Damping Devices Earthquake Risk Mitigation: Integrated Spatial Planning Approach Earthquake Vulnerability and Risk Management for Vulnerability Reduction An Approach for Seismic resistant Construction of low Cost Housing in India Performance of Buildings and other Structures during Past Earthquakes and Lessons for the Players of the Construction Industry Retrofitting of Bridges Affected during Seismic Activity The 2001 Kachchh Earthquake - Societal Issues and Disaster management Performance of Structures during Past Earthquakes: Lessons for Construction Industry