16 May 2008

Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes

Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

UN/ISDR 2008/07, 16 May 2008
Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes

"What we are seeing in every urban earthquake is a result of mostly avoidable errors."
Interview with Fouad Bendimerad Chairman of the Board of the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)
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