The disasters have come one after another. While they may not be entirely preventable, we can take many practical steps tailored to local needs and conditions to reduce the impacts on our cities.
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There are three important issues to consider when thinking about quakes: what causes them; how to prepare and plan for them; and, how to move on after a damaging quake.
Canadian history and international relations theory gives us perspective on why co-ordinating flood management has proven so difficult in Canada and what can be done about it.
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Research chair, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Globalisation and Development; Director of the Oxford Martin Programmes on Technological and Economic Change, The Future of Work and the Future of Development, University of Oxford
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Researcher, Department of Geography, Environment and Population, Adelaide University
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Clark Distinguished Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Meteorology, Penn State
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Earthquake Scientist, Monash University
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Professor in Digital Construction and Fire Engineering, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor, School of Science, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Clinical Teacher/Solicitor, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Thermal Physiologist, National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre; University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Criminology, Griffith University