A new ISO standard will help developing countries assess the safety of buildings before and after earthquakes.
It has been developed generally for states that do not have national structure codes not yet in place.
The development and execution of political unit building codes relies on having in-depth data on the peculiar of the region (physical, meteorological, geological, seismic, etc.). However, many another countries do not have a publication of such data, which can be very resource-heavy.