Architectural form changes, reinforcing and raising structures
ENTRY DATE: 18.04.2012 | LAST UPDATE: 18.04.2012
CATEGORIES:
- Coastal Regions
- Urban planning
TECHNOLOGIES MATURITY:
Applicable immediately
Technology Owners:
Architectural and construction firms
Needs Address
The need to reduce damage in regions that face greater risks from more intense tropical cyclones and storm surges, etc., due to climate change and the resulting damage from inundation.
Adaptation effects
By reinforcing structures in hazard zones, vulnerability to climate change will be reduced, and impacts on human safety, property, and economic activities will be reduced.
Overview and Features
Cost
・ Costs depend on the construction costs and methods in the designated zones.
・ The standard prices for work under a subsidy program to raise buildings in Nakano Ward (Tokyo, Japan) are indicated below:
√ House raising: 78,000 yen/m2
√ Renovation or new construction of wood-framed structure: 55,000 yen/m2
√ Renovation or new construction of steel framed building: 42,000 yen/m2
√ Renovation or new construction of reinforced-concrete building: 29,000 yen/m2
Considerations
・ Depending on the method of implementation of the measures, the building owner must cover the costs alone.
・ These options in some cases reduce convenience of day-to-day living.
・ Buildings with raised floors, reinforced concrete, raised foundations and so on, require certain civil engineering and construction technologies.
・ In the case of raising existing homes and buildings, it is important to use technologies that are suited to the types of buildings found at the sites concerned.
Co-benefit, suitability for developing countries
・ Even in areas where major infrastructure/physical measures cannot be immediately implemented due to cost or time constraints, etc., there may be ways to reduce damage.
・ In some cases, the convenience/comfort of housing can be improved by the changes.
Information Resources
・ Panel on Infrastructure Development (2008): Report on adaptation to changes in climate associated to global warming, on water-related disasters (in Japanese).
http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/basic_info/jigyo_keikaku/gaiyou/kikouhendou/pdf/toshin.pdf
・ Nakano Ward website (page regarding construction subsidy program to raise buildings)
http://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/dept/505000/d002240.html