Abstract

GIS-Based Housing Design to Reduce Earthquake Risks
Track: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Authors: Yuxi Zhao, Suying Li

This study attempts to commercialize earthquake resistant, low-cost, sustainable bamboo module housing prototypes in an attempt to reduce earthquake related casualties, given China’s high death toll due to earthquakes. GIS is used as it allows prototype designers to improve prototypes and shift from conventional methods by accessing the diverse, geographically situated, and specific needs of the residents through combining geospatial physical data with socioeconomic marketing research data.