Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan
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Survey Report on Seismic Risk Recognition and Intention for Safety Measures of Residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Faiz ShahOsamu Murao
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2011 Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 13-16

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Dhaka is vulnerable to earthquake because many buildings have been constructed in an unregulated manner for a long time without following the proper construction design and methods based on Bangladesh National Building Code. In order to check the building construction condition and residents seismic risk recognition including their intention for safety measures, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey among 720 residents in Dhaka in 2010. Based on a previous paper, this paper reports some findings including (a) majority of the residents suspect that major earthquake may struck Dhaka in near future, and (b) their residential buildings may perform poorly in that earthquake.

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