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

[molasses at q.com]

Try the sources listed in this: http://www.ctsee.org.tw/pdf/200310/ee0401-01.pdf - do they help? 

Google kobe earthquake code changes ? 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reuben Deumling" <9watts at gmail.com> 
To: "Greenbuilding" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org> 
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 4:01:01 PM 
Subject: [Greenbuilding] disasters and the role of building codes in the survival of residential structures? 

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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