It Is Not Too Late : Preparing for Asia's Next Big Earthquake

Strong earthquakes strike frequently countries in East Asia and the Pacific, causing building collapses and extensive damage to infrastructure and, when centered near populated areas, heavy life losses. Urban areas, with their increasing concentrat...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ARCHITECTURE BUILDING CODE BUILDING CODES CASUALTIES CATALYSTS CATASTROPHIC LOSSES CIVIL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERS COLLAPSED BUILDINGS DAMS DEVASTATION DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOCUMENTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION EMERGENCY FACILITIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENGINEERING DESIGN ENGINEERING FIRMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH ENGINEERS ENGINES FATALITIES FIRE FIRE STATIONS HOSPITAL HUMAN LIFE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LANDSLIDES LARGE CITIES LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTION NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS PEACE POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL SUPPORT POWER PLANTS POWER SYSTEMS PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY ASSURANCE RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK REDUCTION RIVERS SAFETY SAVINGS SCHOOL BUILDINGS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL INFORMATION TOOLS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBAN AREAS VIADUCTS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE STRUCTURES WARNING SYSTEMS WORLD CONFERENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352601468026941451/It-is-not-too-late-preparing-for-Asias-next-big-earthquake-with-emphasis-on-the-Philippines-Indonesia-and-China-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27604

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27604

It Is Not Too Late : Preparing for Asia's Next Big Earthquake

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