Survival Language A Pattern Language For Surviving Earthquakes

Download or read book Survival Language: A Pattern Language for Surviving Earthquakes written by Takashi Iba and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival Language is a pattern language to provide individual survival techniques to use when a catastrophic earthquake occurs. The basis of this proposal comes from the problem that although countries like Japan have experienced numerous catastrophic earthquakes, preventable tragedies continue to be repeated. Survival Language presents 20 distinct patterns that show tips, methods, and views for surviving earthquake. Survival Language seeks to improve a person's immediate decisions when an earthquake strikes and to encourage them to recall earthquake safety measures even in ordinary moments of daily life. A person's survival often depends on their own strength, knowledge, and skills the time at which the disaster strikes.