Megacities : the vulnerability of infrastructure to natual disasters.

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TextPublication details: [S.l.] : World Federation of Engineering Organizations, [199-]Description: [9] leavesDDC classification:

363.347 21

Subject: The impact of a major natural disaster on any one city can be catastrophic. Natural disasters will continue to happen but the extent to which they are catastrophic to economic and social life can be mitigated. Population growth is the one factor above all others that adds urgency to the need for mitigation measures. It should be the aim of governments to provide the circumstances in which people can choose the size of their families. A principal task this decade is to persuade authorities to promote disaster mitigation

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.347 MEG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900036246

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The impact of a major natural disaster on any one city can be catastrophic. Natural disasters will continue to happen but the extent to which they are catastrophic to economic and social life can be mitigated. Population growth is the one factor above all others that adds urgency to the need for mitigation measures. It should be the aim of governments to provide the circumstances in which people can choose the size of their families. A principal task this decade is to persuade authorities to promote disaster mitigation

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