Research and Implementation Plan for Earthquake Risk ... - California

Research and Implementation Plan for Earthquake Risk Reduction in California 1995 to 2000

A report of the California Seismic Safety Commission

1900 K Street, Suite 100 Sacramento, California 95814

(916) 322-4917 Report No. SSC 94-10

December 1994

Paul F. Fratessa, Chairman Structural Engineering

Senator Alfred E. Alquist (William L. Gates) State Senate

Nettie Becker Local Government

Hal Bernson Local Government

Jerry C. Chang Geotechnical Engineering

Lloyd Cluff Utilities

L. Thomas Tobin, Executive Director

Lloyd S. Cluff, Chairman Clarence R. Allen Bruce A. Bolt

Greg Beroza Vitelmo Bertero Linda Capuano

L. Thomas Tobin, Executive Director

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Seismic Safety Commission

Assemblyman Dominic L. Cortese (Tom White) State Assembly

Morgan Davis Insurance

Frederick M. Herman Local Government

Wilfred D. Iwan Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey Johnson Seismology

Gary L. McGavin Architecture and Planning

James E. Slosson Geology

Patricia Snyder Social Services

Frances E. Winslow Emergency Services

Robert Wirtz Fire Protection

Corliss Lee Local Government

Commission Staff

Rita Darden Mylene de la Rosa Teri DeVriend Kathy Goodell

Carmen Harms Ed Hensley Christopher Lindstrom Richard McCarthy Fred Turner

Research Committee

James Davis Wilfred D. Iwan William J. Kockelman (deceased)

Stanley Scott Charles Thiel, Jr. Susan K. Tubbesing

Research Committee Advisors

James Goltz Rosemary Griffin

John Hall Tom Henyey

Commission Staff

Richard McCarthy, Program Manager

Pat Tyner

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Contents

Foreword .......................................................................................................................vii Executive Summary .................................................................................................... viii Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 The Research Plan...........................................................................................................5

The Goal......................................................................................................................5 The Objectives ............................................................................................................5 The Approach..............................................................................................................5

Research activities ..................................................................................................5 Information Translation And Transfer ...................................................................5 Application of Existing Knowledge .....................................................................10 Consideration of Emerging Technologies and Defense Conversion ...................11 Administration of the Plan........................................................................................13 The Role of the State.................................................................................................17 The Earthquake Research .............................................................................................23 Earth-Science Research ............................................................................................23 Engineering and Architectural Research .................................................................28 Social Science and Public Policy Research..............................................................34 Emerging Technologies ............................................................................................44 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................49

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