Megacities : the vulnerability of infrastructure to natual disasters.

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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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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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