Proposals on planning earthquake emergency shelters in cities

Earthquakes frequently occur in China. As emphasized in all quakeproof laws, statues, regulations and criteria promulgated by the central government in recent years, large and medium cities shall reasonably plan the construction of earthquake emergency shelters. Although some cities have already set about the construction of earthquake emergency shelters, many large and medium cities ignore the planning and layout of shelters. There is always no relevant requirement of earthquake shelters in the urban planning system. As a result, there are quite few earthquake shelters in Chinese cities, and there exist obvious risks in the resistance against earthquakes. In the principle of "human orientation", this thesis has put forward the planning principle and idea of urban earthquake shelters according to relevant national provisions and requirements, so as to construct ecological, safe and harmonious humanistic cities.