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

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Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1] Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

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These may be published separately in an academic journal. Globally, about a thousand times as much is spent on hydrocarbon exploration and extraction than on the mitigation of the climate change that results from burning fossil fuels (Mechler et al. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd edition).

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

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Emerald Publishing Ltd. Richard Krajeski, presented with transcribed commentary by a dozen participants of a special session held in his memory as part of the July 2020 Natural Hazard Workshop. Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L.