I'm not entirely convinced anyone's thought this through fully.
The International Organisation for Standards (ISO) are good at idealism - their new standard for developing countries and seismic assessment (will they survive an earthquake) I applaud for its aim but it does seem a touch of step with the underlying issues in the developing world.
Buildings are built to what we in the West would consider poor standards for a lot of reasons - poverty, lack of effective regulation and given the huge issues facing the developing world earthquakes tend to fall low down the list.
Charging for the standard somewhat ensures that it can't/won't get adopted by anyone but Western companies looking to make quick assessments on their buildings.
But its available through the ISO here.
The International Organisation for Standards (ISO) are good at idealism - their new standard for developing countries and seismic assessment (will they survive an earthquake) I applaud for its aim but it does seem a touch of step with the underlying issues in the developing world.
Buildings are built to what we in the West would consider poor standards for a lot of reasons - poverty, lack of effective regulation and given the huge issues facing the developing world earthquakes tend to fall low down the list.
Charging for the standard somewhat ensures that it can't/won't get adopted by anyone but Western companies looking to make quick assessments on their buildings.
But its available through the ISO here.
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