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Earthquake in China highlights the vulnerability of schools in many countries

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The enormous loss of life in collapsed schools around China’s quake-stricken Sichuan Province could have been significantly reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, several experts on global hazards said Tuesday.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Urban risk and planning
Country and region China

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