Earthquake resilience of Pol houses in Ahmedabad
loads can be beneficial as the inertial mass will reduce, and hence the earthquake effects. But precompression available due to the deadloads, can be beneficial in load-bearing walls, and contributes to shear resistance. On the capacity side, reduction of dead loads will imply reduction of resistance also.
5.5 Survey Analysis of Pol house residents
Figure 113 Disaster management cycle. Source -. Arun Menon
The telephonic survey was conducted with the residents of pol (refer chapter 3). The situation of pandemic was a limitation in conducting an ample number of interviews. The current data analysis is based on detailed telephonic interviews from 20 residents of Mandvi ni pol and around along with the observations from the NIDM workshop. Memory and damage – The disaster management cycle (figure 115) has been understood by many researchers around the world, the cycle reflects the position of measures till the next disaster (earthquake) occurs. The event of earthquake has an immediate response through safety evaluation followed by short term counter measures like erecting temporary supports for 112
