By Quinn Peck, Sandra Hyde, Alexandria Julius, Ana Maria Parra Bastidas, Laura Hernandez, Catherine Johnson, Chad Norvell, Alvaro Rubinos, Preetish Kakoty, Barbara Simpson, Marisella Ortega, Wael Hassan, Laura Whitehurst, Kelsey Wittels, Keshab Sharma, and José Luis Baquedano.
January 14 – 18, 2017. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales.
EERI teamed up with Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN) of Santiago, Chile to offer the first ever Learning from Earthquakes Travel Study Program. Sixteen graduate students and young professionals accompanied by four expert mentors engaged in a variety of interactive learning activities including field data collection, tours of research and operational facilities, and visits to locations impacted by recent earthquakes in Chile.
The LFE Travel Study Program is an initiative of EERI to conduct field study trips to earthquake affected regions around the world that offer members a unique opportunity to learn directly from local experts in the field, facilitating international knowledge transfer. Field study trips also help participants understand the role and importance of EERI reconnaissance activities and inspire them to become future leaders in the field of earthquake engineering and earthquake risk reduction. For more information, visit the website: LFE Travel Study Program.
For the resilience reconnaissance observations activity, participants were divided into four-member teams to study resilience of housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses in Chile. During the five-day program participants interviewed local residents, business owners, healthcare providers, engineers, government service workers, students, parents, and professors from universities and then documented their observations.
Report by Quinn Peck, Sandra Hyde, Alexandria Julius, and Ana Maria Parra Bastidas: Business Recovery Resilience Observation Report (0.73 MB PDF)
Report by Laura Hernandez, Catherine Johnson, Chad Norvell, and Alvaro Rubinos: Housing Resilience Observation Report (0.41 MB PDF)
Report by Preetish Kakoty, Barbara Simpson, Marisella Ortega, and Wael Hassan: Healthcare Resilience Observation Report (0.26 MB PDF)
Report by Laura Whitehurst, Kelsey Wittels, Keshab Sharma, and José Luis Baquedano: Education Resilience Observation Report (0.39 MB PDF)
Read the 2017 EERI LFE Travel Study Program Goals and Outcomes in Chile: Resilience Reconnaissance Observation Activity Report-Goals and Procedures (0.16 MB PDF)
