DISASTER RESISTANT BUILDINGS AND

MANAGEMENT

Ar. Divya Harini

Asst.Professor
Gitam School of Architecture
SYLLABUS :AURAR 802
DISASTER RESISTANT BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT Credits:
3

• UNIT 1 : Basic understanding of fragile Eco-systems and factors that cause global climatic changes.
Overview of major natural disasters, design and planning solutions for disaster mitigation,
organizational and management aspects.

• UNIT 2 : Introduction to Natural Disasters: Understanding the effects of natural calamities such as
floods, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, draughts and Tsunami.

• UNIT 3 :Factors Causing Disasters: Climate changes, global sea rise, coastal erosion, environmental
degradation, large dams & earth tremors, roads buildings & landslides, urbanization & desertification,
cyclone effects on coastal towns.

• UNIT 4 : Design and Retrofitting of Buildings for Earthquake resistance: Design, construction
and detailing of buildings, materials and methods to be adopted for earthquake resistant
buildings and retrofitting of earthquake affected buildings.

• UNIT 5 :Case studies of natural disasters in India: Earthquakes at Bhuj, Lattur, etc., Cyclones in coastal
Andhra Pradesh& Orissa, Landslides in Uttarakhand, Nilgiris, Himachal etc, Floods in Bangladesh, and
Droughts in Rajasthan & Tsunami in Tamil Nadu.
UNIT-4
Seismic Retrofitting of Building

• Earthquake creates great devastation in terms of life ,money and failure

of structures.

• Earthquake mitigation is an important field of study from a long time

now.

• Seismic Retrofit is a collection mitigation technique for earthquake

engineering.

• It is of utmost importance for historic monuments, areas prone to

severe earthquakes and tall or expensive structures.
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•  A moment frame is a box-shaped frame with
special moment connections or joints that help in the resistance of wind
and earthquake damage. The frame helps a building to flex as necessary
to remain the building's integrity.
• Bracing systems include wood or steel components that help evenly
distribute loads and increase the safety of the structure. While traditional
framing can support the weight of the roof and floors above, it is not
able to resist lateral stresses caused by wind, earthquakes or other forces.
• Shear wall is a vertical element of a seismic force resisting system that
is designed to resist in-plane lateral forces, typically wind and seismic
loads. 
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