App Shakes Up Earthquake Science by Turning Users into Sensors https://t.co/8q0AMkap3a pic.twitter.com/eWEu9rmBgK— Voice of America (@VOANews) February 13, 2016
Saturday, February 13, 2016
VOA:App Shakes Up Earthquake Science by Turning Users into Sensors
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Often human negligence kills when a natural disaster strikes
Dear reader,
we can't prevent nor predict earthquakes which can have devastating effect on buildings and infrastructure built by humans, but at least we can reduce the risk of losing human lives by e.g. improving the quality of such structures. This blog entry will collect positive and negative examples from around the globe of how construction influenced the number of causalities during such an event.
(currently under construction)
How Impoverished Nepal Can Rebuild for the Next Earthquake [National Geographic, Apr 30 2015]
we can't prevent nor predict earthquakes which can have devastating effect on buildings and infrastructure built by humans, but at least we can reduce the risk of losing human lives by e.g. improving the quality of such structures. This blog entry will collect positive and negative examples from around the globe of how construction influenced the number of causalities during such an event.
(currently under construction)
Arrest warrant issued for Taiwan building developer https://t.co/rw0Cl39Kge— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 9, 2016
How can we make #earthquakes less deadly? Build better, says @RobertGlasserUN https://t.co/hutIkINsA1 #DRR @unisdr pic.twitter.com/XKKrm9EXMk— TR_Foundation News (@AlertNet) April 20, 2016
NepalLooks no damage/broken to glass panels on the building. Withstood M7.3 quake. It's a miracle. At #Kumamoto City pic.twitter.com/lhIHdnsH2J— Weather Mizumoto (@hepomodeler) April 17, 2016
How Impoverished Nepal Can Rebuild for the Next Earthquake [National Geographic, Apr 30 2015]
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