The presentation analyzes post-earthquake disaster management and structural assessment in Iran, drawing comparisons with systems in Italy, Greece, and Turkey to highlight strengths and weaknesses. It focuses on three core components: earthquake information management systems, public education initiatives, and community engagement strategies. The authors aim to propose improvements for Iran's practices through interviews and assessments following their findings.

1. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Post-Earthquake Disaster Management
and Structural Assessment
Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani, Andrew Fox, Dave Easterbrook
Plymouth University
UK

2. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Abstract
• This presentation includes a comparative analysis of theory and practice in the
area of post-earthquake disaster management and structural assessment.
• The analysis was conducted as part of a literature review for a PhD study
programme, where it has provided the basis for a critical assessment of
systems in use by authorities in Iran.
• As well as providing an overview of the Iran system for post-earthquake
disaster management and structural assessment, the presentation will include
an overview of systems used in Italy, Greece and Turkey, which serve as
proxies to facilitate the assessment of strengths and weaknesses in the Iranian
system.
• Specifically, this presentation will examine three sub-components of a wider
disaster management system, namely: the requirements of an Earthquake
Information Management Systems (EIMSs), seismic hazard public education
programmes and initiatives to engage communities in the disaster
management process.
• Post-earthquake structural assessment provides the context for the analysis
and listeners will take away from this presentation insights about how best to
include post-earthquake structural assessment within the three sub-
components of a broader post-earthquake disaster management system.

3. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Earthquake risk in Iran
Sources:
Moinfar, Naderzadeh and Nibali ,2012
Yazdani and Kowsari, 2012
Silakhor Ms = 7.4, 1909
Kopeh-Dagh Ms = 7.3, 1929
Salmas Ms = 7.4, 1957
Sahne Ms = 7.0, 1957
Buyin Zahra Ms = 7.2, 1962
Dasht-e-Bayaz Ms = 7.4, 1968
Fars Ms = 7.2, 1972
Tabas Ms = 7.7, 1978
Kerman Ms = 7.3, 1981
Rudbar-Manjil Ms = 7.2, 1990
Birjand- Qayen Ms = 7.3, 1997
Bam Earthquake, 2003
Source: Wikipedia.org
Iran has an extensive
network of seismically
active fault lines
The epicentres of recent earthquakes help
to highlight areas of high and low risk
Some of the most
notable recent
earthquakes

4. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Post-earthquake disaster management
• Disaster management in Iran
– Iran has extensive experience
– Management tends to be centrally controlled
– Priorities seem to be cost saving over capacity building
– There is a huge stock of vulnerable structures
– Many reports have led to many recommendations…..
…….but it is not clear how many of the recommendations have been implemented?
• Learning lessons from other countries in the region
– This research studies three “proxy” systems in Turkey, Greece and Italy to identify
good practices the could be applied in Iran….which we split into three parts:
1. The Earthquake Information Management System (EIMS)
2. The Earthquake Disaster Management Education System (EDMEdS)
3. The Pre- and Post-Earthquake Disaster Management Engagement System (PPEDMEnS)

5. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Post-earthquake structural assessment
• Within the Disaster Management systems reviewed by this research, we
were particularly interested to identify the best practices in post-
earthquake structural assessment, so we expanded our survey of systems
here to include lessons from the Japanese and United States systems.
• We clustered post-earthquake structural assessment requirements into
the three parts of our disaster management system (EIMS, EDMEdS,
PPEDMEgS)
– EIMS requirements: Social, financial and environmental data about local structures
and their vulnerability to seismic events, spanning pre- and post-earthquake event
periods, allowing inputs from engineering specialists and non-engineering
community-based data collection personnel and accessible to the general public
– EDMEdS requirements: Education and training for Engineering specialists and non-
engineering community-based data collection personnel in post-earthquake
structural assessment
– PPEDMEgS requirements: Pre-event engagement activities for engineering
specialists and non-engineering community-based data collection personnel to test
the EIMS and the structural assessment systems that will be deployed in a post-
earthquake scenario

6. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
A system for assessing the post-earthquake disaster
management system in Iran
What I plan to do next……
• Interview Engineers
• Interview relevant organizations
• Visit communities in earthquake areas
• Analyse the disaster management and structural assessment system
• Make proposals about how the Iranian system can be improved

7. 6th
International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016
‘Integrative Risk Management – Towards Resilient Cities‘ • 28 Aug – 1 Sept 2016 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
Post-Earthquake Disaster Management
and Structural Assessment
Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani, Andrew Fox, Dave Easterbrook
Plymouth University
UK
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – ANY QUESTIONS?