The Specific Role Geoscientists Can Play In Disaster Risk Reduction

Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering - especially when those disasters strike populations who live in rapidly growing communities in the developing world with poorly enforced or non-existent building codes. In Cancun, a researcher from Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) College in Singapore presented a comparison between large-scale earthquakes and tsunamis in different parts of the world, illustrating how nearly identical natural disasters can play out very differently depending on where they strike...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news