International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters

IPRED

• © UNESCO/T. Imamura
• School building driven up 2 meters by the fault, but kept intact in Bailu (China)

This platform of collaborative research, training and education on the Seismology and Earthquake Engineering was established in June 2007, in collaboration with the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) and the Building Research Institute (BRI) of Japan, which acts as the Centre of Excellence project and Enforcement Assistance activities and the maintenance of this platform.