https://preetishkakoty.github.io/tags/risk-tolerance/Risk ToleranceHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://preetishkakoty.github.io/media/icon_hu8e9c3e418c53cee8396175b5400f90a3_7608_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pnghttps://preetishkakoty.github.io/tags/risk-tolerance/https://preetishkakoty.github.io/project/risk-tolerance-building-codes/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://preetishkakoty.github.io/project/risk-tolerance-building-codes/<p>Building codes and supporting standards are central to managing life-safety risks in earthquakes. Recent advances in risk-based design make acceptable risk thresholds explicit. These thresholds determine the demands used in design, which in turn influence the form and size of structures that can be built.</p> <p>Selecting appropriate thresholds, however, is complex and requires balancing current practice, societal expectations, and regulatory objectives. This project compiles and compares life-safety risk thresholds used by regulators worldwide, adopting annual individual fatality risk (AIFR) as the common metric. The analysis highlights significant cross-regional differences and the role of local hazard contexts and public perception.</p> <p>It argues for a tiered framework for acceptable vs. tolerable risk, contextualizing AIFR within broader societal risks and informing updates to New Zealand’s building code — and potentially beyond.</p> <hr> <h3 id="-related-publication">📰 Related Publication</h3> <ul> <li>Earthquake Fatality Risk Tolerance: What risk thresholds should be used in setting building code provisions? (In preparation)</li> </ul> <hr> <h3 id="-collaborators">👥 Collaborators</h3> <ul> <li>Ken Elwood</li> <li>Caleb Dunne</li> <li>Anne M Hulsey</li> <li>Charlotte Brown</li> </ul>