POSTnote by Chandrika Nath. It was first published on Thursday, 16 February 2012. It was last updated on Thursday, 16 February 2012.
Resilience to Natural Hazards in Developing Nations
In the last 10 years, over 500,000 people have lost their lives and around 1.5 billion people have been adversely affected due to rapid-onset natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunami, floods and tropical storms. This briefing discusses the potential for science and technology to enhance resilience to such hazards in developing nations.
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- Type
- Research briefing
- Reference
- POST-PN-402
- Subjects
- Developing countries Emergencies Natural disasters Technology Science
- Published by
- POST
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- View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk
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- 2016-02-07 22:19:27 +0000
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