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SUMMARY:The Croation Centre for Earthquake Engineering - from oblivion to 
 essential need
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Josip Atalić\, Associate Professor\, University of Zagr
 eb\, Croatia\nThe Republic of Croatia is among the most earthquake-prone c
 ountries in Europe\, yet the activities related to assessment of potential
  earthquake risk and its reduction can be characterized as individual and 
 insufficient. The last paragraph of a paper published just before the eart
 hquake in Zagreb gives perhaps the best pre-earthquake perspective (oblivi
 on phase):\n‘’It can be concluded that the present level of awareness 
 about our own exposure and vulnerability to earthquakes in Croatia is not 
 sufficiently developed to serve as a basis for compelling efforts to foste
 r institutionalized seismic risk assessment\, mitigation and preparedness 
 activities. In fact\, it seems that the relatively low probability of occu
 rrence of strong earthquakes\, when compared to natural and other disaster
  hazards\, contributes to a pervasive ignorance of the fact that earthquak
 es constitute an unacceptable risk (officially). It is therefore essential
  to act without delay as\, unlike some other countries\, we still have tim
 e to react before another potentially disastrous earthquake strikes in Cro
 atia.’’\n\nShort Bio :\nJosip Atalić is the Associate Professor in th
 e Department of Engineering Mechanics of Faculty of Civil Engineering Univ
 ersity of Zagreb. His areas of research are earthquake engineering\, histo
 rical structures\, numerical modelling\, seismic risk etc. Josip participa
 ted in several research projects\, published over 50 scientific papers\, h
 e is a peer reviewer for national and international journals and participa
 ted in over 150 (led over 50) professional work projects (structural desig
 ns). He is the leader of the team of experts for National Risk Assessment 
 in Republic of Croatia - Seismic Risk\, risk management capability assessm
 ent and national strategy in cooperation with the National Protection and 
 Rescue Directorate (NPRD) and Ministry of Construction and Physical Planni
 ng of Republic of Croatia (2014-2021). He participates in Study on Seismic
  Risk Mitigation in the City of Zagreb in collaboration with the Zagreb Ci
 ty Office of Emergency Management from 2013-2021 (leader in 2016\, 2017 an
 d 2020). Josip is a part of Croatian Civil Protection MUSAR team\, and he 
 is a member of Thematic Working Group for the Security in National Develop
 ment Strategy by 2030. After the earthquakes in Croatia in 2020\, Josip le
 d the organization of damage assessments and reconstruction cost assessmen
 t (for Government and World Bank)\, he is author of two books/guidelines f
 or reconstruction process and participated in numerous strategic activitie
 s on the state level. He is leader and one of the founders of Croatian Cen
 tre for Earthquake Engineering.
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