Development of a seismic evacuation safety index (ESI) for public schools

• Main Author: Cariño, Jan Mae N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: School buildings > Philippines; Seismic event location > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5379
• Institution: De La Salle University

Schools are one of the most vulnerable structures to the impact of natural hazards as it poses the highest threat to human safety especially to children. Disasters caused by seismic events can be less damaging if schools has better understanding of the hazard and implements countermeasures against t...