Rapid urbanization and population growth are driving the construction of new buildings, with global building stocks expected to double in the next 15-20 years. While such trends will represent significant development advances and offer economic growth opportunities, concern remains regarding the resilience and safety of both new and aging building stocks, increased energy and water consumption, and accessibility of the existing and evolving built environment and infrastructure. This increase in development will result in greater exposure to climate and disaster risks due to the evolving impacts of climate change, depending on where urbanization growth occurs and the standard of construction. Additional vulnerabilities can be compounded in unregulated and informal settlements where buildings are constructed on risky sites, with high density, using substandard building materials, and failing to implement safe design and construction practices. The combination of urbanization and climate change poses significant challenges for countries and cities to form a comprehensive set of regulatory and policy instruments to guide a more resilient, sustainable, and accessible built environment. The World Bank's Disaster Risk Management (DRM) engagements support countries to design and implement diversified investments for risk reduction and preparedness. Among various approaches, improving the building regulatory framework and implementation capacity proves to be one of the most cost-effective means of reducing underlying climate and disaster risks, in combination with investments for physical structural improvements and retrofits. In this context, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s global thematic area Building Regulation for Resilience (BRR) aims to promote resilient, green, healthy, and inclusive built environments through enhanced regulatory frameworks and implementation capacities.
Authors
Coates,Katherine Anne, António A. Correia, Sakoda,Keiko, Campos Garcia,Ana
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/06/25
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Building Code Checklist for Structural Resilience
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Building Regulation For Resilience Program: Phase 3 -- P176068
- Sector
- Other Public Administration
- TF No/Name
- TF0B4930-Building Regulation for Resilience Program Phase 3,TF0B7077-Building Regulation for Resilient, Green and Inclusive Built Environmen,TF0B9188-Building Regulation for Resilience for Armenia,TF0C3018-BRR - A Global Status Review of the Building Regulatory Environment
- Theme
- Urban Development,Mitigation,Disaster Risk Reduction,Disaster Response and Recovery,Disability,Participation and Civic Engagement,Social Protection,Social Development and Protection,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Urban Planning,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Adaptation,Social Inclusion,Disaster Risk Management
- Unit Owning
- Disaster Climate Risk Management (GFDRR)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
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- _Int_hx3kvYOO 11
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- Acknowledgements 7
- List of Acronyms 8
- 1. Overview 9
- 2. Introduction 11
- 3. Objectives 16
- 4. Guidance: 19
- How To Use the Building Code Checklist for Structural Resilience 19
- 5. Key Concepts in Structural Resilience Components of Building Codes 25
- 6. Building Code Checklist for Structural Resilience 28
- Appendix A: Regulatory Frameworks and Terminology 57
- Appendix B: Methodology of the Checklist Development 59
- Appendix C: Building Typology Assessments 61
