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- Title
The May 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake: a herald of things to come.
- Authors
Jackson, James
- Abstract
The terrible disaster of the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which killed 70 000 people, is an example of a catastrophe that is likely to become more common in the future, particularly in Asia. Much of the population of Asia is now concentrated in poorly constructed cities that have grown very rapidly in places whose locations are closely related to their geological context, and specifically to the proximity of active earthquake-generating faults. With the extreme vulnerability of many Asian megacities, a catastrophe even larger in scale now seems inevitable.
- Subjects
CHINA; ASIA; GEOLOGIC faults; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY
- Publication
Geology Today, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 5, p178
- ISSN
0266-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2451.2008.00684.x