Practical guide for Earthquake resilient schools: PERSISTAH Project (Projetos de Escolas Resilientes aos SISmos no Território do Algarve e de Huelva)

Abstract

This guide is intended to be a resource, and not a manual, for increasing the resilience of an educational community, by showing the community what they can do on their own account and how they can strengthen their ability to handle seismic risk (for example, being informed and familiarised with the characteristics that affect the vulnerability of an area in the event of an earthquake, and prepared to protect the students under their tutelage before the earth shakes).