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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! It was notable that, in many buildings that pancaked in Turkey and Syria, the collapses left almost no voids at all, thanks to the complete fragmentation of the entire structure. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Ecemis, S.Z.

Natural Hazard

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard Fashion

The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

I have argued elsewhere (Alexander 2017) that the number of times the word 'should' is used in an official document is an inverse indicator of its utility. It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".

Risk Reduction

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard

Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

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