Lessons on resilience from a year of global earthquakes
Rapid population growth in disaster-prone regions concentrates people where recovery after extreme events is costly. Disaster and climate risks in the built environment decrease property values, increase insurance premiums, and compound recovery costs, impacting developers, financial institutions, and local governments. Investment in resilience is crucial.
NPR: Why Tuesday’s earthquake in Taiwan was so much less destructive than the one in 1999
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Turkey Digs Out From a Catastrophe
In what’s left of Antakya, a once-thriving and cosmopolitan tourist destination in the southeastern edge of Turkey, the streets seem weirdly quiet. Buildings stand askew at odd angles or are completely toppled, and the rubble from the homes of people who lived inside of them is neatly collected into piles and mounds.
The New York Times: In Mexico City, Pressure to Prepare for the Next Big Earthquake
MEXICO CITY — The buildings shuddered and rocked in the strongest earthquake in this city’s modern history, and