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- Title
- Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage: A Practical Guide. Third Edition.
- File
- PB2007111478.pdf
- Source
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., September 1994, 25 p.
- Abstract
- This guide was developed to fulfill several different objectives and address a wide audience with varying needs. The primary intent is to explain the sources of nonstructural earthquakedamage in simple terms and to provide information on effective methods of reducing the potential risks. The recommendations contained in this guide are intended to reduce the potential hazards but cannot completely eliminate them.
- Keywords
- ; Nonstructural damage; Earthquakes; Potential risks; Recommendations