THE EERI DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
_Featuring_
DR. LUCY JONES
_Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society_
_CO-SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE EERI WASHINGTON CHAPTER_
_MONDAY MARCH 19, 2018 4:30 PM - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGON ALDER HALL
AUDITORIUM_
_Free Admission_
LIFE SAFETY IN THE CITY: WHEN THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN NOT BEING
CRUSHED
The Resilience by Design program adopted by Los Angeles to address
earthquake vulnerabilities brought together the earth science,
earthquake engineering and public policy professions and worked with
hundreds of community organizations to get approval for sweeping
seismic resilience legislation. The process elucidated the disconnect
between what well-informed members of the community and local
governments understand about the earthquake risk and the goals and
objectives of mitigation measures like building codes, and what has
been implemented in most communities. Since their inception, building
codes have been based on a principle that safety is the only valid
concern of government. If an owner chooses to build a building that is
a total financial loss, that is his prerogative but he cannot kill
someone in the process. A key factor is that building codes consider
buildings in isolation with impacts only on their owners and tenants.
But the reality of a major earthquake is that the failure of a
building impacts the whole community through economic disruption,
population decreases, and cascading failures of engineered and social
systems. This talk will explore a conceptual framework for creating a
building code that reflects the realities of earthquake losses and the
social dynamics of shared economic decisions.
The EERI DISTINGUISHED LECTURER FOR 2017 IS DR. LUCY JONES (M. EERI,
2001), seismologist and founder of the Dr. Lucy JONES CENTER FOR
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, with a mission to foster the understanding and
application of scientific information in the creation of more
resilient communities. She is the author of the forthcoming
book, _The Big Ones_ Doubleday, April 2018) and is also a Research
Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech, a post she has
held since 1984.
Working with both the public and private sectors, Dr. Jones seeks to
increase communities’ ability to adapt and be resilient to the
dynamic changes of the world around them. The aim is to understand and
communicate where the greatest vulnerabilities lie and what actions
can be taken to reduce the risk that are the most cost-effective. With
a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature from Brown
University and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from MIT, Dr. Jones has been
active in earthquake research for decades, furthering earthquake risk
reduction through seismological research and integrated disaster
scenarios.
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