TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential seismic retrofitting
T2 - Contextualizing policy packages to local circumstances
AU - Segal, Ehud
AU - Feitelson, Eran
AU - Goulden, Shula
AU - Razin, Eran
AU - Rein-Sapir, Yonat
AU - Kagan, Elisa Joy
AU - Negev, Maya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/10/15
Y1 - 2022/10/15
N2 - Seismic retrofitting is the most effective way to reduce casualties from earthquakes. Yet, seismic retrofitting of vulnerable residential structures faces many impediments. As no single policy measure can overcome these obstacles, seismic retrofitting requires that multiple policy measures be applied in tandem and therefore policy packages are necessary. As seismic threats are spread over multiple locales, differing in their characteristics, no single policy package is likely to fit all settings. Indeed, efforts to promote seismic retrofitting in California, New Zealand and Israel show high variability in success across different locales. Our study builds upon previous work which outlined three potential policy packages for seismic retrofitting, led by market forces, local government and central government respectively. In this study we advance an asymmetric decentralization approach to match the most appropriate policy package to local conditions. We combine this with seismic vulnerability assessment to prioritize the national allocation of retrofitting funds. The approach is applied to the Israeli case, a country that is prone to infrequent large earthquakes and in which there is a large, substandard housing stock.
AB - Seismic retrofitting is the most effective way to reduce casualties from earthquakes. Yet, seismic retrofitting of vulnerable residential structures faces many impediments. As no single policy measure can overcome these obstacles, seismic retrofitting requires that multiple policy measures be applied in tandem and therefore policy packages are necessary. As seismic threats are spread over multiple locales, differing in their characteristics, no single policy package is likely to fit all settings. Indeed, efforts to promote seismic retrofitting in California, New Zealand and Israel show high variability in success across different locales. Our study builds upon previous work which outlined three potential policy packages for seismic retrofitting, led by market forces, local government and central government respectively. In this study we advance an asymmetric decentralization approach to match the most appropriate policy package to local conditions. We combine this with seismic vulnerability assessment to prioritize the national allocation of retrofitting funds. The approach is applied to the Israeli case, a country that is prone to infrequent large earthquakes and in which there is a large, substandard housing stock.
KW - Disaster risk reduction
KW - Earthquakes
KW - Governance
KW - Housing
KW - Resilient buildings
KW - Seismic risk
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85138623517&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103264
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103264
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AN - SCOPUS:85138623517
SN - 2212-4209
VL - 81
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
M1 - 103264
ER -