4.+An+Outlook+to+the+Future

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**// A design for quake-proof homes. Cited from //**https://istgeography.wikispaces.com/niall_research

**//**Skyscrapers in an earthquake**

In this earthquake simulation, the building on the left has a standard foundation; the building on the right has base isolators installed in its foundation. As the ground moves back and forth, the base isolators distort and absorb the motion, significantly decreasing the motion of the building. To repeat animation, click your browser's reload button. Cited from //**http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/activezone/slides/buildings-slide.html**//

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Management Plan:

Japan has already begun to protect its country from further earthquakes by using innovative technologies to detect and withstand earthquakes. They have a national day which is set purely for the purpose of practicing an earthquake drill and all citizens must participate as raising awareness is only half the procedure in overcomming a natural hazard.

Since the quake, houses have been built with stronger walls and lighter roofs. Base isolators were added to more buildings which allows the ground to move without the building shaking.
 * What was done || What should be done ||
 * Buildings were reinforced and redesigned to be stronger. ||

New buildings were tested out before they were built on a “shake table” which tests earthquake resistence by immitating seismic activity.

Building guidelines were rethought and rewritten to be stricter.

Raised awareness to the general public. School reinforced earthquake safety.

The nation practiced earthquake drills for the whole country, as earthquakes are spontaneously and needs immediate attention and speed of the help services.

rticle by BBC: Japan's Earthquake Watch of the future, it has successfully prepared for an earthquake to conviction. Although the standard shared among developed countries differ greatly to those of developing countries.
 * Japan is a developed country, inventing the technology

It is no surprise that the top 20 ranked cities for number of fatalities if ever in a natural hazard are from developing nations. Countries such as Haiti suffer serverely in the wake of an extreme natural hazard, such an example is the earthquake in 2009 that killed more than 200 000 people. Countries such as those do not necessarily need the best technologies in the world to overcome the impacts of a natural disaster, but basic knowledge and preparation for one.

The government needs to improve building guidelines. Help services need to always be ready for any sign of chaos. Regular monitoring of the area, especially where the population is densest needs to occur.

Shows the Seismic Monitoring of the World: http://www.iris.edu/dms/seismon.htm ||

Though more importantly, on a local scale, Earthquake safety begins in the home and the workplace. =Preparing Your Family and Home= =Preparing Your Workplace=
 * [|Individual and family preparedness measures for the first 72 hours]
 * [|Reducing home hazards]
 * [|Strap the water heater]
 * [|Automatic earthquake gas shut-off valves]
 * [|Make a family earthquake plan]
 * [|Personal medical plan]
 * [|Earthquake survival in a can]
 * [|Emergency food supply]
 * [|Keep books and binders in place during an earthquake]
 * [|Secure your computer equipment against earthquake damage]

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