[Greenbuilding] disasters and the role of building codes in the survival of residential structures?

[Reuben Deumling]

Can anyone point me to a study of buildings that survive disasters, and
their relationship to building codes?

I am under the impression that surveys have been conducted after (some)
disasters that found some/many of the buildings still standing were built
prior to building codes, while some/many of the flattened or otherwise
destroyed nearby houses had been built to code. But this is all very
anecdotal and I can't point to any sources. Help.

thanks.
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