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    Luxury Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable Sub-Structure/Super Structure works foundations as per the requirements Semi-Luxury Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable foundations as per the requirements First class clay brick in cement mortar / Light Weight Cement Concrete Blocks/Hollow concrete blocks. Vitrified Black granite slab Standard Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable foundations as per the requirements First class clay brick in cement mortar /

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    com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html It was a rather cold morning while I was preparing

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    URBANISATION/ COUNTER-URBANISATION IN RIO DA JANEIRO (LEDC) Sourced from: http://jumpingpolarbear.com/2012/01/11/ufc-142-in-rio-de-janeiro/ The city of Rio de Janeiro is located on Brazil ’s south-east coast. It has a population of approximately 11.7 million people‚ making it one of Brazil ’s largest settlements. The number of inhabitants has grown for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ natural increase (this is when the birth rate is higher than the death rate). Secondly

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    When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should

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    My life did a complete 180 switch after I survived the devastating earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. It was never easy before as the economy was really poor and life was dull but compared to what I had to live with after I started to realise it was a privileged life. It was a beautiful day ‚ I was looking crispy and getting ready to go school and the day went by so fast ‚ we had a lot of homeworks and things to study for tomorrow . My sister was with me before the incident and helping me with my homeworks

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    and India Introduction Developing country means the countries compared with the developed countries have lower degree of development of the economic and social aspects. Developing countries have a vast territory‚ large population‚ vast market and rich natural resources. There are many strategic places‚ in terms of economic‚ trade‚ or from the military‚ occupied an important strategic position. China is the largest developing country. Developed country Refers to a higher level of economic development

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    January 12th 2010 4:53PM‚ the phone rang….Hispaniola whom which I call Haiti was bawling. Her heart‚ Port-au-prince‚ was completely ruined‚ she bleed and bleed and heard the bones intensively crashing brutally against each other until they converted into ashes. Her green dress metamorphosed into a white costume‚ her veins and arteries were ripped… she had no shelter. Once she realized that her brain was damaged‚ a depression impulsively engulfed her body and left her with nothing more than a reprieving

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    This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but

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    In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was

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    deadliest earthquake in history killed 840‚000 people‚ But many other earthquake have caused the dead of more than 100‚000 people and isn’t unusual‚ even in modern times‚ for an earthquake death toll to reach 20‚000 to 20‚000 people with hundreds of thousands left homeless. There are four factors that affect the casualty rate and economic impact of earthquake: magnitude‚ location‚ quality of construction of building‚ and timing. Magnitude The magnitude‚ or strength‚ of an earthquake is measured

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