Comprehensive school safety (CSS) policy case study: seismic renovation and reconstruction of schools in Uzbekistan

Author(s)
Nurtaev, B., Khakimov, S. and Miscolta, A.
Pages
6 pp
Date published
08 Jan 2020
Publisher
Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Education, Response and recovery
Countries
Uzbekistan

Facing high earthquake risks and seismically susceptible school building stock, Uzbekistan intervened with a nationwide assessment of all schools and seismically retrofitted or reconstructed all schools needing structural intervention, with the goal of reducing earthquake-related death and injury.

This case study is part of a series of case studies documenting how countries have been developing and implementing Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) policies that address the three CSS pillars: safer learning facilities (pillar 1), school disaster management (pillar 2), and risk reduction and resilience education (pillar 3).