Citation

Benfarhat B, Benouar D, Cartier S. Jamba 2020; 12(1): e864.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, African Centre for Disaster Studies, North-West University)

DOI

10.4102/jamba.v12i1.864

PMID

33101599 PMCID

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyse the results of a survey towards the architects and engineers of construction in order to estimate the perception of the anti-seismic protection amongst these professionals. It focuses more on the architects who design buildings and, in many cases, monitor their implementation. The main result is the observation of inadequacies and gaps in seismic culture amongst the professionals, especially architects. These difficulties require the reinforcement of earthquake-resistant training. This effort to upgrade skills is as important as other aspects of the preventive management of the seismic risk in Algeria.

Language: en

Keywords

Algerian Paraseismic Regulation (RPA) seismic code; seismic code; seismic design; Seismic risk; seismic training