U.S. PRC Symposium/Workshop on Post-Earthquake Reconstruction

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9411528 Cheng As one element of the US/China (PRC) Protocol Annex III Program, a US-PRC Symposium on Post-Earthquake Reconstruction will be held in April 1995 in Kunming, PRC.Objectives of the symposium/workshop are: 1) to discuss the lessons learned from recent seismic disasters in both countries; 2) to assess the current state of knowledge and practice in urban rebuilding after earthquake s and to identify frontal joint research opportunities necessary to advance the current state of knowledge; 3) to stimulate future cooperative results of PRC's post-earthquake reconstruction program and their practical implications in the US; and 5) to continue to build the long-term bilateral scientific relationship existing between academic and practicing communities. Engineers, Social Scientists, Planners, Construction Professionals and Policy Makers will all be involved. In March of 1993, a delegation from the Earthquake Resistance Office. Ministry of Construction (MOC), PRC, visited NSF in Washington, DC. This proposed symposium/workshop is approved as a high- priority activity endorsed by both agencies. This is a US-China cooperative earthquake engineering research project. ***