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New Zealand: Recent quake a sharp reminder of risks

Source(s): New Zealand Herald, the - APN Holdings NZ Limited
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Photo of a school affected by the Canterbury earthquake in Feb 2011, by Flickr user, Mark Lincoln, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) http://www.nzraw.co.nz/
Photo of a school affected by the Canterbury earthquake in Feb 2011, by Flickr user, Mark Lincoln, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) http://www.nzraw.co.nz/

The damage from yesterday's earthquake was minimal, however, the NZ Herald's Fran O'Sullivan questions why the latest national infrastructure plan does not emphasise more the need to ensure that the country's networked infrastructures and public buildings, such as schools and hospitals, can withstand the impact of a major earthquake.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Education and school safety Health and health facilities Urban risk and planning Governance Economics of DRR Structural safety Critical infrastructure
Country and region New Zealand
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