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Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes
UN/ISDR 2008/07, 16 May 2008
Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes
"What we are seeing in every urban earthquake is a result of mostly avoidable errors."
Interview with Fouad Bendimerad Chairman of the Board of the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)
Read the interview
Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes
"What we are seeing in every urban earthquake is a result of mostly avoidable errors."
Interview with Fouad Bendimerad Chairman of the Board of the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)
Read the interview
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The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2013.
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Our regional office is in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Our regional office is in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Our regional office is in Brussels, Belgium.
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Our regional office is in Cairo, Egypt.
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Making Algeria resilient: achieving disaster risk reduction in the Arab States - Good practice country brief
This country brief summarizes Algeria’s efforts in planning for greater disaster resilience. Over the past decades, the ...
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