Crisis Response: Environmental
GLOBAL: Asia most at risk from natural disasters
Jun 11th, 2010•Natural Disasters•By: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Natural Disaster Risk Index (NDRI), released on 27 May by Maplecroft, ranks 229 countries according to the human impact of natural disasters in terms…
continue reading »Haiti needs seismic-resistant buildings
Jan 14th, 2010•Natural Disasters•By: Siobhan Wagner
The massive earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday could have resulted in less fatalities and destruction with better-engineered buildings and structures....
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