A comparative study on housing renovation policies in earthquake-prone countries

Given substantial contribution of housing in human life and geographical position of Iran in Alpine-Himalayan collision belt, it seems urgent to deal with that in case of absence of reasonable and correct management approaches for post-earthquake housing renovation, wide varieties of socioeconomic issues and catastrophes will emerged. hence, in respect to some drawbacks while houses renovating in earthquake-stricken areas of Iran, the present research aims at comparative analysis of housing renovation policies of some earthquake-prone countries in order to promote renovation policies in Iran. To satisfy this end, a comparative study was conducted on housing renovation policies among Iran, china, Japan, India and Indonesia using descriptive-analytical approach. The results showed Iranʹs weakness in some areas such as zoning hazard-prone area while renovation, compliance to seismic strength criteria, and superiority in programs such as materials availability and government investment on affairs in which people are not involved. Eventually to compensate such shortcomings, some guidelines for promote renovation plan in Iran are suggested.