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Floods in Brisbane and Brazil
The near simultaneous floods in Brazil and Brisbane provide a contrast in terms of their impact (and media coverage). Brisbane is experiencing huge property damage, but relatively little loss of life – while Brazil is experiencing large loss of life, … Continue reading →
Posted in Cities, Vulnerability
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Tagged Australia, Brazil, Brisbane, city of sound, Dan Hill, disaster, flood, landslide, Rio de Janeiro, urban planning
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Hunza landslide lake
In early January of 2010 a huge landscape destroyed the village of Attabad and dammed the Hunza river in Northwest Pakistan. The landslide dam resulted in the rapid growth of a new lake that has flooded a key road and … Continue reading →
Posted in General, Networks, Visualization
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Tagged Attabad, David Petley, disaster, Hunza, landslide, Pakistan
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