El tipo de edificios que son comunes en las zonas rurales de Afganistán ayuda a explicar por qué este terremoto fue tan letal.
- Associate Professor in Construction Management/Disaster Resilience, University of Newcastle
The type of buildings that are common in rural Afghanistan help explain why this earthquake was so deadly.
Australians are in New Zealand to help out in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. After multiple big floods in Australia, our neighbours have learned a lot about resilience in the face of disaster.
We wanted to find out how agencies and communities are heeding the lessons of past floods to manage the wet summer
Reconstruction progress in Nepal has been painfully slow. Building code compliance and better urban planning are a must – but inequitable access to resources undermines recovery.
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