 | Evaluation and reduction of physical and functional vulnerability: Volume 1: general issues |
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: characteristics of disasters
Types of disaster
Effects of disasters
Conceptual framework
Hazard and seismic risk
Chapter 2: experiences of hospitals affected by disaster
Damage to hospitals
Some illustrative cases
Chapter 3: importance of health care facilities
Health facilities in disaster situations
Economic and social costs
Chapter 4: vulnerability of hospitals
Vulnerable aspects of hospitals
Functional vulnerability
Non-structural vulnerability
Structural vulnerability
Evaluation of vulnerability
Chapter 5: risk mitigation in hospitals
Reduction of existing vulnerability
New designs for hospitals
Bibliography
On the cover: The earthquake that ravaged Mexico City on September 19, 1985, was the strongest one recorded in Latin America in the last hundred years. It killed or injured thousands of people and caused severe structural damage. The institutions of the health sector were also very badly hit, including the General Hospital of the National Medical Center of the Mexican Social Security Institute, shown in the photo.
Photography: Julio Vizcarra/PAHO.
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