title: Development of urban planning guidelines for improving emergency response capacities in seismic areas of Iran.
abstract: This paper presents the results of research carried out to improve emergency response activities in earthquake-prone areas of Iran. The research concentrated on emergency response operations, emergency medical care, emergency transportation, and evacuation-the most important issues after an earthquake with regard to saving the lives of victims. For each topic, some guidelines and criteria are presented for enhancing emergency response activities, based on evaluations of experience of strong earthquakes that have occurred over the past two decades in Iran, notably Manjil (1990), Bam (2003), Firouz Abad-Kojour (2004), Zarand (2005) and Broujerd (2006). These guidelines and criteria are applicable to other national contexts, especially countries with similar seismic and social conditions as Iran. The results of this study should be incorporated into comprehensive plans to ensure sustainable development or reconstruction of cities as well as to augment the efficiency of emergency response after an earthquake.
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Research Centre, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 26 Arghavan Street, North Dibaji, Farmanieh, 1953714453 Tehran, Iran. kamini@iiees.ac.ir
authors.forename: Kambod Amini
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Mohammad Kazem
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.forename: Maziar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: Solmaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosseinioon
mesh_terms: D002958:City Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D055866:Earthquakes; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D016730:Program Development