2020 Understanding Risk Forum - Community Session 37: Case studies highlight the need that we have witnessed in our work for contemporary design standards for school infrastructure that go beyond the traditional ‘cells and bells’ typologies that have been used for nearly a century and respond to new pedagogies, evolving functional and community requirements, and an increased need for flexibility and redundancy.
Many school buildings in Cali are vulnerable to strong earthquakes. Therefore, the municipality has identified the need to design a seismic risk reduction strategy as part of a twelve-year Master Plan for School Infrastructure. To that end, with the World Bank’s technical assistance, the municipality implemented a methodology developed by the Global Program for Safer Schools: the Roadmap for Safer and Resilient Schools.
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Improving the Safety and Resilience of School Infrastructure in Cali, Colombia supported the municipality of Cali in formulating its first municipal school infrastructure plan. The plan’s objective is to improve the condition, capacity, and management of the school infrastructure over 12 years, addressing the need to enhance the performance of school buildings in case of earthquakes.
