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Earthquakes

Throughout history, Lisbon has experienced seismic phenomena which, with greater or lesser intensity, have produced different types of damage, such as the famous 1755 earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 8.7 and intensity of grades IX to X, which produced a great deal of destruction, especially in the downtown area.

ReSist Program

Municipal program to promote the seismic resilience of private and municipal buildings and urban infrastructures

The current context in which we live, characterized by the occurrence of natural phenomena of varying magnitude and intensity, namely earthquakes and tsunamis, increasingly requires the definition and adoption of a global strategy aimed at boosting the territory's resilience.

As this is one of the goals of the Lisbon Municipal Executive, ReSist is a program that seeks to contribute to making the community, buildings and municipal infrastructures more resilient, through the development of actions, the establishment of partnerships and the implementation of projects that foster a culture of prevention, as well as greater awareness of the adoption of safety behaviors.

LxReSist Platform
Find out how you can mitigate the effects of an earthquake on your building and make an informed decision

Public presentation of the Platform
october 30, 2024

Objectives

Under the ReSist Program, 47 measures have been defined with the following objectives:

  • The standardization of technical standards and methodologies for assessing the City's seismic vulnerability
  • The development of operational actions aimed at effectively promoting resilience, through inspection campaigns, projects and structural reinforcement works that focus on the building stock and vulnerable infrastructures
  • Carrying out awareness and dissemination campaigns to involve society, with the aim of empowering the general population
  • Developing information management systems to streamline the tasks of sharing knowledge and implementing the program between the various municipal structures
  • The definition and implementation of alert criteria and intervention prioritization to guide the actions of municipal services
  • Defining strategic partnerships to be established with external entities to optimize actions

Documentation

Support structure

The ReSist Program is implemented and monitored by the ReSist Project Team

  • Cláudia Pinto - EPReSist Coordinator
  • Alexandra Ferreira
  • Carla Pousada
  • Carolina Almeida
  • João Januário
  • liliana Oliveira
  • Miguel Inácio
  • Mónica Amaral Ferreira
  • Vanessa Figueiredo

The technicians work in a collaborative network:

  • Margarida Felgueira (DMMC)
  • Maria Antónia Santos (AML)
  • Pedro Leonardo (DMGP/DGP/DC)

Contact: programa.resist@cm-lisboa.pt

It includes technicians from the following municipal services:

  • Municipal Urban Planning Department (DMU)
  • Territorial Coordination Unit (UCT)
  • Municipal Maintenance and Conservation Department (DMMC)
  • Municipal Housing and Local Development Department (DMHDL)
  • Municipal Asset Management Department (DMGP)
  • Municipal Civil Protection Service (SMPC)
  • Fire Brigade Regiment (RSB)
  • Information Systems Department (DSI)

  • A2P - Studies and Projects
  • Association of Private and Cooperative Teaching Establishments - AEEP
  • Portuguese Association for Urban Rehabilitation and Heritage Protection - APRUPP
  • National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority - ANEPC
  • European Center for Urban Risks - CERU
  • E-Redes - Distribuição de Eletricidade, S.A.
  • Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon - FCUL
  • Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto - FEUP
  • FONDAZIONE GEM - Global Earthquake Model
  • GECoRPA - Heritage Guild
  • GEPECTROFA - Gabinete de Estudos e Projetos de Engenharia Civil da Trofa, Lda.
  • HILTI (Portugal) - Products and Services, Lda
  • Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação - INOV
  • Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute - IPMA
  • Instituto Superior Técnico - IST
  • Instituto Tecnológico do Gás - ITG
  • ISEC Lisboa - Higher Institute of Education and Sciences
  • KERAKOLL Portugal, S.A.
  • JETsj, Geotecnia, Lda.
  • JSJ - Consultoria e Projetos de Engenharia, Lda.
  • National Energy and Geology Laboratory - LNEG
  • National Civil Engineering Laboratory - LNEC
  • LBR - Investimentos e Consultoria, Lda.
  • Museums and Monuments of Portugal
  • NCREP - Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património, Lda.
  • Order of Architects - OA
  • Order of Engineers - OE
  • Order of Technical Engineers - OET
  • Oz - Diagnosis, Survey and Quality Control in Structures and Foundations, Lda.
  • PARTICLE Summary, Lda.
  • PRETENSA - Inovação em Engenharia, Lda.
  • PPE - Planeamento e Projetos de Engenharia, Lda.
  • Portuguese Seismic Engineering Society - SPES
  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia - SPG
  • STAP - Repair, Consolidation and Modification of Structures, S.A.
  • Teixeira Duarte - Engenharia e Construções, S.A.
  • Teixeira Trigo, Lda.
  • TPF - Consultores de Engenharia e Arquitetura, S.A.
  • University of Aveiro - UA

Geotechnical Map of Lisbon

Anticipate project conditions by knowing the local geological/geotechnical conditions.
Geotechnical map