Natural catastrophes, infrastructure and poverty in developing countries.
Material type: TextDescription: 16 pSubject: Dramatic events of the past several years, including the Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake in 1995, Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Central America and the Caribbean in 1998, the severe earthquakes in Turkey, Mexico and Taiwan in 1999, and the cyclone that struck the eastern coast of India also in 1999, have drawn worldwide attention to the destruction caused by natural catastrophes. Such disasters have an especially devastating effect on poorer nations, where they kill or injure more people and destroy proportionally far more property than similar events in the developed world.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Dramatic events of the past several years, including the Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake in 1995, Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Central America and the Caribbean in 1998, the severe earthquakes in Turkey, Mexico and Taiwan in 1999, and the cyclone that struck the eastern coast of India also in 1999, have drawn worldwide attention to the destruction caused by natural catastrophes. Such disasters have an especially devastating effect on poorer nations, where they kill or injure more people and destroy proportionally far more property than similar events in the developed world.
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