2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.127
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Compliance to building codes for disaster resilience: Bangladesh and Nepal

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“…The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) established a national building code (NBC) for Nepal in 1993–94, with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. Approved by the Government of Nepal in 2003, the NBC entails earthquake‐safe building guidelines, but cultural, political, and socioeconomic conditions impede compliance with such standards (Ahmed et al, 2018). The sector is characterised by informality (UN‐HABITAT, 2010), making it more difficult to enforce building codes as many houses are constructed by the owner without a permit (UN‐HABITAT, 2010; Ahmed et al, 2018), and municipalities lack the capability to ensure compliance with these processes (Subedi and Mishima, 2008; Dixit et al, 2012; The Kathmandu Post , 2015).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
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“…The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) established a national building code (NBC) for Nepal in 1993–94, with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. Approved by the Government of Nepal in 2003, the NBC entails earthquake‐safe building guidelines, but cultural, political, and socioeconomic conditions impede compliance with such standards (Ahmed et al, 2018). The sector is characterised by informality (UN‐HABITAT, 2010), making it more difficult to enforce building codes as many houses are constructed by the owner without a permit (UN‐HABITAT, 2010; Ahmed et al, 2018), and municipalities lack the capability to ensure compliance with these processes (Subedi and Mishima, 2008; Dixit et al, 2012; The Kathmandu Post , 2015).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Approved by the Government of Nepal in 2003, the NBC entails earthquake‐safe building guidelines, but cultural, political, and socioeconomic conditions impede compliance with such standards (Ahmed et al, 2018). The sector is characterised by informality (UN‐HABITAT, 2010), making it more difficult to enforce building codes as many houses are constructed by the owner without a permit (UN‐HABITAT, 2010; Ahmed et al, 2018), and municipalities lack the capability to ensure compliance with these processes (Subedi and Mishima, 2008; Dixit et al, 2012; The Kathmandu Post , 2015). Research shows that awareness of the NBC is low even among trained masons and engineers, not to mention the owners who are building houses themselves (Subedi and Mishima, 2008; Inter‐Agency Common Feedback Project, 2016).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…5B). The brick sector is no anomaly, as corruption and limited capacity hinder enforcement and compliance with regulations across traffic and transportation, forests and conservation, food safety, building codes, and income taxes (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30).…”
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“…Seismic experts suspect that if an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale occurs in large cities of Bangladesh, there would be a major human tragedy and economic disaster because of the structural failure of many buildings built in these urban centres without the use of proper construction materials and in violation of building codes. Building codes specify a wide range of design and construction guidelines and standards related to safety, health, amenity and sustainability, where the safety aspects are the most crucial to protecting human lives and well-being from disasters (Ahmed et al , 2017). Consideration of earthquake forces in structural design, city planning and infrastructure development is therefore a prerequisite for future disaster mitigation (American Museum of Natural History, 2013).…”
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confidence: 99%