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Haiti quake: Lessons for East Africa and why it calls for regional vigilance

Source(s): EastAfrican, the - Nation Media Group Limited
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According to Chris Hartnady, a former associate professor at the University of Cape Town, 'Large areas of the African Continent are in an unstable, tectonically active state and, especially in the mountain regions, substantial danger is posed to growing populations'.

Considering the experience and lessons learned from Haiti and applying it to the East African Rift System, containing some of the most densely populated areas on the African continent, experts proposed low-tech and cost-effective means of reducing vulnerability to earthquakes.

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Themes Community-based DRR Governance Disaster risk management Structural safety
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