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Reconstruction process of damaged residential buildings outside historical centres after the L’Aquila earthquake: part I—"light damage" reconstruction

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Assessment of the seismic damage and usability of the building stock started a few days after the L’Aquila earthquake in order to evaluate the safety conditions of the buildings concerned. Several ordinances of the Prime Minister were issued to regulate the reconstruction process. In particular, based also on damage level, the procedures for repair, strengthening or demolition/reconstruction of residential buildings were established with the definition of relevant state funding. For each damaged building, practitioners engaged by property owners designed repair and strengthening interventions and then computed the corresponding costs. These projects were the technical basis for funding applications that owners submitted to the government. Technical and financial information collected during the approval procedure of such applications allowed compilation of a database regarding 5775 residential buildings damaged by the L’Aquila earthquake. The present study examines the restoration policy and the procedures regulating the reconstruction process of residential property outside city centres. In particular, the data related to the first phase of the reconstruction process (the so-called “light damage” reconstruction) to recover the usability of slightly damaged buildings are illustrated. The discussion focuses on the time-to-approval of funding applications and on the public contributions granted for repair and local strengthening works.

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The activity reported in the paper were carried out in the framework of contracts between ReLUIS and the Government Institutions in charge of the reconstruction of L’Aquila and other municipalities hit by the earthquake of April 6, 2009. The collaboration of Fintecna and Cineas is acknowledged as partners of ReLUIS in the activities described in the paper. This study was partially performed in the framework of the PE 2014–2016 joint programme DPC-ReLUIS.

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  1. Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Marco Di Ludovico, Andrea Prota & Gaetano Manfredi

  2. Civil Protection Department, Presidency of Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Moroni & Mauro Dolce

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Di Ludovico, M., Prota, A., Moroni, C. et al. Reconstruction process of damaged residential buildings outside historical centres after the L’Aquila earthquake: part I—"light damage" reconstruction. Bull Earthquake Eng 15, 667–692 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-016-9877-8

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