Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Disaster Awaits Cities in Developing World’s Quake Zones - NYTimes.com

"Disaster Awaits Cities in Developing World’s Quake Zones

By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: February 24, 2010

ISTANBUL — As he surveys the streets of this sprawling megacity, Mustafa Erdik, the director of an earthquake engineering institute here, says he sometimes feels like a doctor scanning a crowded hospital ward."

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