Importance Must Be Attached to Seismic Disaster Reduction in the Surge of Urbanization

• 来源期刊: 中国减灾（英文版）
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: Seismic disaster reduction urbanization
• 年，卷（期）: 2001,（3）
• 页码范围: 88-91
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: X4
• 语种: 英文

摘要

A cluster of seismic disasters attacked many areas of the world in 1999, such as the 7.4 Ms earthquake in Turkey on 17 August and the 7. 6 Ms earthquake in Chinese Taiwan on 21 September, causing great casualty and enormous property loss. How to raise the aseismatic capacity of cities has since become a hot topic of public concern worldwide.