Seismic Safety of Schools in Italy
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This paper examines the possible causes of collapse of a primary school in San Giuliano, Italy, in the 2002 Molise earthquake, which killed 27 students and one teacher. It also considers the general sources of seismic vulnerability of school buildings in Italy prior to the introduction of new seismic zonation and new seismic codes in 2003. In addition to incomplete seismic zonation and inadequate seismic codes, the author cites irregular architectural and structural layout of schools, low standards of construction execution and maintenance, and dangerous structural changes implemented over the lifecycles of schools as the primary causes of vulnerability of the country's school buildings.
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