The Impacts of Changing Laws and the Hungarian National Building Practice on Civil Protection with Special Attention to the Possibilities of Shelter Protection

Abstract

With the end of the bipolar world order, aquestion has arisen: is civil protection still necessary? Another question is: to what extent can the facilities made for protecting the population against war be used against the threatening factors during periods of peace? In this article, the authors analyse the status of shelters, investigate and evaluate the national building practice and explore the opportunities of increasing the level of protection of the civilian population in the light of domestic building regulation.