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Richard Allaway

Where Shoddy Construction Could Mean Death - Map - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...20100224-quake-map.html

ib_geog2009 earthquakes vulnerability prediction management

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  • Richard Allaway on 28 Feb 10
     
    Seismologists believe a major quake in Istanbul is inevitable. This analysis, by engineers, predicts numbers of deaths in a nighttime temblor based on the type of construction in each area. It estimates that citywide deaths could reach 30,000.
Richard Allaway

Munich Re Group - Catastrophe figures for 2008 confirm that climate agreement is urgent... - 1 views

www.munichre.com/...2008_12_29_press_release.aspx

ib_geog2009 hazards disaster measuring impact

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  • Richard Allaway on 02 Jan 09
     
    A large number of tropical cyclones and the earthquake in Sichuan made 2008 one of the most devastating years on record.
Richard Allaway

NASA Earth Science Data and Services: Data more powerful than hurricanes - 1 views

nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/...2006_hurricanes.html

vulnerability ib_geog2009 hurricanes prediction katrina

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  • Richard Allaway on 20 Jan 10
     
    Two good maps to help discuss vulnerability of sectors of the population (Hurricane Katrina)
Richard Allaway

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Egypt winds up landslide rescue - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...7619514.stm

ib_geog2009 vulnerability landslides weathering igcse

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  • Richard Allaway on 20 Jan 10
     
    Migrants / Slum dwellers as a vulnerable population
Ann Smith

BBC News - Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake? - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8510900.stm

IB_Geography hazards Earthquakes vulnerability

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  • Ann Smith on 15 Feb 10
     
    Comparing the impacts of the Haiti, Aquila and Sichuan earthquakes
Matt Podbury

YouTube - Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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  • Matt Podbury on 05 Feb 10
     
    Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
Jeff Mather

Christchurch quake mapped from space - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-12668190

earthquake christchurch satellite map

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  • Jeff Mather on 07 Mar 11
     
    The upheaval wrought by the 22 February earthquake in Christchurch, NZ, is illustrated in new radar imagery.
Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC News - Tokyo roads blocked in earthquake drill - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-asia-pacific-14743825

ib_geog2009 Hazards and disasters earthquakes earthquake_drill_day Tokyo

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  • Matt Podbury on 05 Sep 11
     
    Tokyo roads blocked in earthquake drill - MEDC Preparation
Matt Podbury

Earthquake in Chile - The Big Picture - Boston.com - 0 views

www.boston.com/...earthquake_in_chile.html

hazards earthquakes LEDC Chile 8.8

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  • Matt Podbury on 27 Feb 10
     
    Remarkable Earthquake Images
Matt Podbury

BBC News - Chile well prepared for quakes - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8540522.stm

chile earthquake 8.8 prepare planning

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  • Matt Podbury on 27 Feb 10
     
    Earthquake Prepardeness
Richard Allaway

Haiti promised $10bn in aid - double what it asked for | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...aiti-earthquake-10-billion-aid

ib_geog2009 earthquakes haiti response case study management hazards

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  • The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who co-chaired a conference of about 120 countries and international organisations at the United Nations in New York, called the pledges "an impressive sum by any standard". The conference drew $9.9bn of donations to rebuild infrastructure
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