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035 _a(Sirsi) u129523
041 _aeng
100 _aLane, Thomas
245 _aWhen disaster strikes
260 _c2005
490 _aBuilding
_v270(8377) 15 April 2005, 62-64(3)
520 _aExamines "Technical report on major incident and disaster management with particular reference to the recent south Asian tsunami disaster" which warns that rebuilding in response to one type of threat is not desirable. A flexible, integrated approach to disaster management is in fact more preferable. Suggests mapping the areas at risk from future tsunamis and calculating how far a tsunami might go inland. It is also important to make buildings resistant to more than one type of potential disaster.
590 _aIKA290405
650 _aASIAN TSUNAMI
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
942 _n0
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