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.
Strengthening Disaster Response Teams in Colombia
Colombia is in a geographical area where various natural threats converge. Some of these threats have recently increased in intensity and scope due to climate change and historically, some have had a limate change and, historically, some have had a considerable impact on human and economic losses. Despite the significant efforts made by Colombian authorities to mitigate these adverse effects, positioning Colombia as a reference in the region, there are still weaknesses, gaps, and needs that are far from being resolved.
Vice: Doctors Warned This Turkish Hospital Was Unsafe. Then the Earthquakes Hit.
Turkey has supposedly spent 20 years making its cities safer, but with earthquakes toppling thousands of buildings including hospitals, people are demanding answers.
Yusuf Zahit Gundogdu’s Interview with Le Petit Journal Turkey
First of all, would you introduce yourself, can you tell us about your background? What were the different
Survey Of Damaged School And Hospital Buildings In The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquakes, Retrofit Options, And Application To Turkey
On 12 May 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck China, approximately 80 km west of Chengdu in the